Hope this isn't out of line, but after doing this over the weekend, i thought it might be useful to show others how to use Transporter to copy an existing Windows install to a Parallels image. It's surprisingly easy, and Transporter is a very robust and well done feat of engineering (nice work, Parallels team!). http://babygotmac.com/a/use-parallels-transporter-free-to-virtualize-any-windows-install/ Hope this helps someone.