Bootcamp to Parallels 3 partitions

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Lost partitions after converting Bootcamp to Parallels

Hi!

I installed Bootcamp on my MAC. Windows 7 Pro with 3 partitions (C, D and E).
And then I have installed Paralells 7 which has converted the Bootcamp disk to a virtual Parallels disk. So far so good.

I have booted the Windows OS and logged in. Now the C-partition is OK but the other partitions (D and E) are not visible/bootable/reachable right now.
When I go to Disk Management in the Parellels/Windows environment i see all the disks in one partition (the diskspace equals the total storage of all partitions).

When I add a new disk via Configuration of Parallels the disks c,d,e are greyed out. I also tried the Parellels Mounter. This says "Boot Camp partitions are not supported by Parallels Mounter".

Now I would like to mount the other partitions (D and E). Any help would be appreciated.
 
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did you really converted (imported) your boot camp to VM or you are just using your boot camp via vm and it remains on the Mac hard drive? it is very important
 
Hello,
I know that this topic is a little bit old, but i have the same problem.
I have installed Windows 8.1 on Boot Camp Partition (NTFS - only 1 partition C ), and after I was trying to emulate it by Pararells 9 on my MAC ( I was using BootCamp Windows ). Everything works fine but...
Everytime I run Windows by Pararells, my Windows disks disapear form MAC desktop and Finder until I close it. If I'am not using it, I see them all the time.

It there any solution of this problem. I'rather to be able to run Windows on my MAC not only by Pararells but I have to be able to acces my windows disk when using Pararells at the same time.

Thank you in advance for your reply.
 
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