Non-System Disk or Disk Error

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by madman885, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. madman885

    madman885 Bit poster

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    I'm trying to install Office XP Professional and when I open it in Parallels I get the message:

    Boot from Hard Drive ... Failed
    Boot from CD/DVD-Rom Drive ... Failed
    Boot from Floppy Drive...
    Non-System Disk or Disk Error
    Replace and Press Any Key When Ready
     
  2. sandro

    sandro Parallels Developers

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    hi,
    it seems no any bootable media at your VM. Whether you installed some guest OS there? If not then you need to do it at first i.e. get some Windows OS installation media, insert it into CD/DVD drive, startup VM and proceed with WIndows installation wizard steps.
     
  3. college07

    college07 Bit poster

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    Confused

    Does that mean that we have to buy a copy of the windows OS in order to install it on the computer? (dumb question, I know, but...)
    Thank you
     
  4. rbh

    rbh Member

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    Yes. You need the media and a valid key.
     

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