may have trashed vista start up info, please help???

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KimH

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Is there a way to reinstall vista without loosing the items already setup from a previously running setup in parallels?

I accidentally started to trash the parallels folder (cleaning folders for the new year, oops!) and when the trash stated a file could not be deleted because it was "running" I stopped the trashing. I pulled the parallels folder back to where it was originally. It looks like all the contents are still there. I have a .mem, .pvs, .sav, .fdd, applications folder with all icons for applications installed previously, disks folder with a c drive and a .hdd. But when I go to open vista from parallels 3.0 it gets to the waving icon and crashes, stating it was a hard crash and to insert the vista CD to repair it.

Before I do this, I'm wondering if I lost all my programs and everything stored on that hard drive or not. Can anyone provide suggestions?

Guess that's what I get for trying to clean my mac for new years!
 
Thank you, I'll try this tonight!

Yippee, what a new years eve I'll have, counting the new year in with a prayer and step by step instructions.

I really appreciate your help and you getting back to me so soon!

Happy New Year!!!
 
Hey John, How do I create a new VM and add existing hdd file? Maybe I'm naive but that doesn't seem to be the same as the link you provided, that was for repairing (I think). Got a good link on how to create a new VM and add existing hdd? And if I do, will it keep all the software installed previously?

Thanks again for your quick response the first time. I greatly appreciate the assistance.
 
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