Can't install XP on Parallels - what's .iso?

mfbeirne · Dec 30, 2006

HI -
I am trying to install XP on Parallels using Build 1970 on my Mac Book Pro 2.33 15 inch/Intel C2D - and I keep getting the error message "Installation Failed. Data error (cyclic redundancy check)"
This happens after it tells me to insert the XP CD which is already in the CD/DVD ROM drive and which has been working up til then -
Has this happened to others? Do I really have a faulty installation disk?
Thanks

rich.mcdonough · Dec 30, 2006

Yup, your CD is dead or dying.

You may still be able to create an .iso image of it, though. An .iso file is the complete bit-for-bit image of a CD or DVD. It can be mounted and read like an actual physical CD.

See this for help creating this kind of file:
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/mac_support/mac_help/pages/0023-convert_dmg_img_iso.html

Can't install XP on Parallels - what's .iso?

mfbeirne

rich.mcdonough