pvm

Hi everyone! I've moved the whole pvm folder with a Windows 11 installation from personal folder (like /Users/bob/Parallels/Windows 11) to the shared one (/Users/Shared/Parallels/Windows 11). After that the Parallels doesn't start Windows: when I click on play button for Windows nothing happens...

I created an additional hard drive for my Windows 11 VM (so that I can have OS on C:\ and data on D:\). I'm assuning that my D:\ hard drive is just a part of the virtual machine .pvm file in Parallels? I just want to make sure that everything is together when I backup the VM.

Hello everyone, I have a Windows 8.1.pvm file from an old virtual machine that I had. I have an older windows pc sitting around and I was wondering if I would be able to install the .pvm file to that pc like a backup file, so that it's not virtual. Thank you!

I'm running Mac Monterey and using Parallels to use Mac OS Mojave in the PVM. During my upload of Parallels, I must have tossed the Monterey .hdd in the trash. Now, everytime I open Mojave in PVM, I get an Error notice : 'PRL_ERR_DISK_INVALID_PATH' I checked my Time Machine to see if it could be...

Hi, I have spent hours trying various ways to convert and migrate a Win 10 vm over to Virtual Box, unsuccessfully. Parallels version: 15.1.4 (47270) Virtual Box version: 6.1.12 r139181 (Qt5.6.3) Mac OS version: Catalina 10.15.6 I have tried the following: 1. Using VCenter Converter...

Dear follow Parallels users, i've had some serious trouble with the Windows 10VM for a couple of weeks. I'm running parallels 14.1.3 home edition With Windows10 pro. After a while my host started some strange behavior. it started to get stuck at the spinning boot section. Keeps running chkdsk...

Dear follow Parallels users, i've had some serious trouble with the Windows 10VM for a couple of weeks. I'm running parallels 14.1.3 home edition With Windows10pro. After a while my host started some strange behavior. it started to get stuck at the spinning boot section. Keeps running chkdsk...

Hi all, I have tried to search for my problem on the forum but couldn't find a matching thread, maybe because the search term with the number is too short. So, I have a problem with two virtual machines I use. One is Windows XP and the other is my Windows 7. I need both to run older software...

Hey guys, I have successfully cloned my windows 8.1 machine and transferred it to a VM on my new macbook pro. Everything works great. However, the file size is 320gb, with 200gb used and 120gb free. Which means I could reduce my .pvm file size to 200gb and save 120gb of space on my Macbook pro...

Hello, I am trying to Transfer an Old Windows laptop/PC running Vista, which was something I was able to successfully do with a previous with a previous version of Parallels but am attempting with Parallels 14 Pro version. I have successfully copied the PVM on to the external storage drive but...

I recently tried to clean up my venerable old Windows 7 pvm but found that many of the uninstall files required were just not there or not functional any more. So I decided to create a nice fresh install of 7, and then added only 4 or 5 extra programs that I needed. Several weeks later, on...

I have been running Parallels 8 since 2013. Last week when I opened parallels it asked for my activation code. I sill have it. If i re-activate is it going to delete my existing VM and all associated files???

Just installed 14, updated tools, rebooted and then shut down. PVM is almost exactly the same size as before the update, 123.08GB.

I had a problem with old machine. It is in for repair. I took another MAC AIR and did a RESTORE from Time Capsule to make tithe same as the one in for repair. Everything looks good except Parallels cannot find the virtual machine. I believe I know the name of the virtual disk but cannot...

I am not sure if this post belong in this forum or the Windows Guest Forum, so if it is in the wrong place I would appreciate it if one of the moderators would move it. I was going through some of the general settings for my Windows VM when I noticed the Acronis software offer for backing up...

I need to move my Parallels 12 Pro / Windows 10 VM to a new machine. I have read the articles and am confident on how to perform the process. Just one last question I didn't find a direct answer for. Is the actual Windows 10 installation contained in the .pvm file? If I move the licenses and...

The IT guys at my company set up my new laptop with the .pvm on the desktop and it's driving me crazy. How can I move it to its proper location in the Documents/Parallels folder?