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Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by MikeD8, May 27, 2017.

  1. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    Hi all,

    I have been trying to get my Parallels working on my mac for a couple of weeks now...

    The issue I have is I have installed Parallels to point at my bootcamp partition (on the same mac) however at startup I'm getting the message above.

    I have two macs both running Parallels, one with a 480GB OWC drive and one with a 980GB OWC drive, the 480GB works fine but the 980GB gives me this message.

    Both have Use EFI unticked, both pointing at Sata 0:1

    I'm at a loss.

    Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated

    Mike.
     
  2. Swati@Parallels

    Swati@Parallels

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    Hello MikeD8, are you trying to import Bootcamp Windows partition into a Parallels Desktop virtual machine? Have you tried this article? If not, please try it once and keep us posted.
     
  3. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    Hi there

    Thanks for the reply - unfortunately I tried that but without success.
    Correct - I have bootcamp running on a second partition on my macbook but prefer the ease of Parralels.
    I copied the hard drive from my other mac (including copying the bootcamp partition), works fine in bootcamp (after activation) but not via Parallels, I wonder if copying the bootcamp partition has confused Parallels?

    Regards

    Mike.
     
  4. Hemnath@Parallels

    Hemnath@Parallels Parallels Support

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    Does this mean that, on the Mac which has the said issue, you are able to boot Windows natively inside the boot camp partition itself? Can you just check this again and confirm?
     
  5. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    That is correct - Bootcamp boots fine (ALT held down at startup)
     
  6. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    What is strange (or maybe not) is the non working SSD under disk utility is under TYPE PCI Internal Physical Volume, whereas the working Mac has TYPE SATA Internal Physical Volume.

    I'm not sure whether this is a problem or not?
     
  7. Arun@Parallels

    Arun@Parallels Parallels Support

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    Hi @MikeD8 , please help us with the screenshots of the error message you get when you start the boot camp virtual machine, so that we can check and assist you further.
     
  8. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    Hi Adam,

    Please see below
     

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  9. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    Oops, Arun (non Adam).
     
  10. Arun@Parallels

    Arun@Parallels Parallels Support

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    Hi @MikeD8 , please try to remove the boot camp and please perform check disk on the the native boot camp and try running the boot camp once again from Parallels and let us know if that works.
     
  11. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    Hi there,

    Just finished - sadly no luck, I'm getting the same message, ran CHKDSK in both windows and root directory, setup Parallels but get the same message...
     
  12. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    It says I'm trying to boot from Sata 1 but if my drive is PCI, should I not have that option too?
     
  13. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    My hard drive (OWC 980GB) I believe, is seen as an external drive, even though its internally located in my macbook - could this be the issue?
     
  14. PaulChristopher@Parallels

    PaulChristopher@Parallels Product Expert Staff Member

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    Hi @MikeD8, if you uninstall Parallels Desktop and reinstall it again without removing VM files you will be able to start it again
     
  15. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    Hi Paul,

    I tried reinstalling it yesterday and was prompted to do an update, I had however deleted my VM, are you saying create the VM, then delete Parallels, then reinstall, but do not delete the VM?

    Regards
     
  16. Arun@Parallels

    Arun@Parallels Parallels Support

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    Hi @MikeD8 , uninstalling and reinstalling Parallels Desktop application usually will not make any changes to your virtual machine. So, you have to move the application to trash and reinstall it once again.
     
  17. MikeD8

    MikeD8 Junior Member

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    still no luck unfortunately
     
  18. Arun@Parallels

    Arun@Parallels Parallels Support

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    Hi @MikeD8 , can you try this and let us know if that works?
     

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