I'm using the latests Parallels beta VM for Mac [build 1862 beta], w/ a Win2k SP4 (+ the all the latest "security updates").
If I run the Parallels Compressor from the guest Win2k (automatic or manual mode), as soon as the guest OS reboots, it simply crashes: kernel error blue screen - that's it.
I trashed my brand new Win2k installation yesterday evening w/ manual mode. I've reinstalled a new Win2k installation this morning (AND backed up the virtual drive image this time....), and it has been trashed again.
It seems there is no way to recover (all the boot options of Win2k are ineffective, even 'safe mode' and 'last known good settings') once Compresso trashed the disk image. Be very careful w/ this tool.
Anyway:
1. There is a fatal issue here
2. The compressor should always provide an option to back up the disk image first
3. The BSOD (blue screen) is hardly readable: the VM returns to the startup screen nearly immediately after the crash, whichever the user setting about what to do when the guest OS stops. This seems to be another bug, and it took me about 6 crash-at-boot sessions to be able to snapshot the screen (I'll attach a copy of it later)
Is there any known flaw w/ the compressor ?
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Last edited: Aug 19, 2006