Unable to create a VM from a Boot Camp drive.

I have a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro running 10.10.3 with a Thunderbolt External drive holding my BootCamp Windows 7. When I attempt to make a VM for BootCamp I get the upgrading My BootCamp progress bar that goes about 1/4 of the way and stops.I then get a dialog box that states "You need to log in to Windows to complete configuring your virtual machine."After this nothing that I have tried works. I Know that it is a problem booting the Macbook Pro from an external drive, but I've configured Windows to boot fine. I can not believe that I am the only one with this problem. It must have been solved before, but I can't get the forum and KB search to show me anything helpful.

 

Hi RayS,
Please follow the instructions given at http://kb.parallels.com/11244 and check how it works.

 

Tried that. all it did was disable the boot sliver and ruin the Windows-BootCamp install. I'm rebuilding those now.
Thanks for the suggestion. Any other ideas??

 

Hello Ray,
Please check your private messages.

 

Complex problem solved!! Ramy went to extraordinary lengths to solve an obscure problem. Many, many thanks..

Ray

 

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