i have installed parallels fine, updated to most recent version. at first the xp cd would not even start. after reading some other post i can get it to go thru the setup, but when it reboots it keeps looping. loading from image, ide 0:0, boot seq. HD, Floppy, CD. i have also used 2 different brand new xp disks. it seems that some people have had the same problem, so if you could please help that would be great brad