People,
Note: I posted this a couple days ago on the Installation and configuration forum but got zero responses. Disappointing. Thought I've give this forum a shot.
I currently use an older iMac (2006 vintage) running OS Leopard (10.5.8) and Snow Leopard (10.6.8). I use Parallels 5 (Build 5.0.9376). I have a separate partition for all my virtual machines and that partition is formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled). All my virtual machines (Windows XP and Windows 7) work fine.
I just bought a new iMac (late 2013) with Yosemite (10.10.1) with a 1T fusion drive and 8G of RAM. I want to transfer all my virtual machines to my new iMac and have some questions:
1. I assume the best choice is to upgrade to Parallels 10 which is compatible with Yosemite but in actuality I don't need all the whistles and bells of total integration between my Mac side and Windows side. The most I do is a drag and drop of an occasional file between the two. Is Parallels 10 my best choice, or would an earlier version work as well (I assume my current Parallels version 5 won't work on my new iMac)?
2. The fusion hard drive on the new iMac will only allow me to create two partitions, so I'll have one for Mac stuff and the other for all Windows stuff. There is an option to format the new partition as MS-DOS (FAT). Should I format the new partition as MS-DOS (FAT) for my Windows virtual machines or should I format it as a standard Mac OS Extended (journaled) like I did on my old iMac and why?
3. I have 5 virtual Windows machines, 4 are Windows XP and one is Windows 7. All are 32 bit, as are the various versions of Office loaded on each. Each machine is a .pvm file on the PC Drive partition of my old iMac. Will I simply be able to transfer each .pvm file from my old iMac to my new iMac or will it be more complicated than that? If it is a simple matter of transferring the .pvm files, will the formatting of my PC Drive partition on my new iMac matter?
John
Note: I posted this a couple days ago on the Installation and configuration forum but got zero responses. Disappointing. Thought I've give this forum a shot.
I currently use an older iMac (2006 vintage) running OS Leopard (10.5.8) and Snow Leopard (10.6.8). I use Parallels 5 (Build 5.0.9376). I have a separate partition for all my virtual machines and that partition is formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled). All my virtual machines (Windows XP and Windows 7) work fine.
I just bought a new iMac (late 2013) with Yosemite (10.10.1) with a 1T fusion drive and 8G of RAM. I want to transfer all my virtual machines to my new iMac and have some questions:
1. I assume the best choice is to upgrade to Parallels 10 which is compatible with Yosemite but in actuality I don't need all the whistles and bells of total integration between my Mac side and Windows side. The most I do is a drag and drop of an occasional file between the two. Is Parallels 10 my best choice, or would an earlier version work as well (I assume my current Parallels version 5 won't work on my new iMac)?
2. The fusion hard drive on the new iMac will only allow me to create two partitions, so I'll have one for Mac stuff and the other for all Windows stuff. There is an option to format the new partition as MS-DOS (FAT). Should I format the new partition as MS-DOS (FAT) for my Windows virtual machines or should I format it as a standard Mac OS Extended (journaled) like I did on my old iMac and why?
3. I have 5 virtual Windows machines, 4 are Windows XP and one is Windows 7. All are 32 bit, as are the various versions of Office loaded on each. Each machine is a .pvm file on the PC Drive partition of my old iMac. Will I simply be able to transfer each .pvm file from my old iMac to my new iMac or will it be more complicated than that? If it is a simple matter of transferring the .pvm files, will the formatting of my PC Drive partition on my new iMac matter?
John