Can't Load Windows

Finally got Windows to load successfully. I assume when you're finished with it, you shut it down like all Mac programs by selecting Quit Parallels Desktop. Then to restart open Parallels. I guess it should automatically open to the correct Virtual Machine cause I only have one. I click on start machine, it opens a black window and says booting from hard drive. Nothing happens it just stays there. Am I missing a step in getting the Windows window to come up?

Thanks

 

Look at pic

 

if you do that you are putting ithe VM to sleep

which I think is living dangerously
(the old war horse FTM 16 loses data if you do that for example)

better shut down windows cleanly from the start menu in the usual way

then open Parallels and clone your virtual machine
(preferably back up to an external hard disk at least once a week after the MS round of updates)

so if you break a VM you just start over with the latest back up - ( make a new clone of the clone first of course)

always save your data into the shared folders
also stops the VM getting too big

do standard windows good house keeping
I use freebies Firewall and AVG ante virus
and MS PC health
MSN http://onecare.live.com/ is brilliant fixing registry errors too

let your machine settle when you start up
have a coffee

I use the dock to auto open two mailers and 12 tabs in Firefox 1.5 on start up

parallels opens too but waits for my input
which VM
then
which user in WinXp sp2 will log on

AVG grabs the virus updates

I like Windows live messenger and the compatability of MS IE 7 with banks and so on

I skipped Bootcamp becasue it was in perpetual beta

enjoy

Hugh W

 

not an answer to your question
but how I am a happy user of Parallels

essential to have plenty of empty space on the hard disk

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hughw36/1177979599/
my set up