Not Enough Memory

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Luke Cockell

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Hi,

Apoligies if this is already covered, I had a quick look but couldnt see anything.

I have been using Parallels on my Mac for a few months now with minimum problems, however I am now running into the problem when trying to increase memory.

I am running Windows XP off my BootCamp partition, and when I try to increase the memory from 256mb to anything more, when I try to start the machine it says "Parallels Desktop cannot allocate enough memory".

I do not have any other virtual machines running at the same time and I have tried the obvious things such as restarting my computer etc.

What can I do?

Thanks,

Luke
 
I assume it might mean that there is not enough spare memory from the Mac side, hence showing the error.
Please, provide the following information:
- What is the version of Parallels Desktop that you have?
- What is the memory you are trying to increase (looks like RAM, virtual memory) and where do you do it exactly?
For example such settings are present here and in virtual machine configuration.

- What is the total amount of memory on the host OS (MAc OS X in this case) and what is the amount of free memory?
 
Hi,

Version v5
Increasing I am increasing the RAM in a similar way to your example.
RAM Available Obviously this varies, however, when trying shortly after boot up I have 1 and a half gb free prior to trying, out of a maximum of 4gb I have installed.
 
Is anyone available to help? This is a support forum isnt it?

I have gone as far as reinstalling now and still nothing. It will not increase past 256mb.
 
Seem to have solved this problem where in preferences for parallels (instead of the configuration of the actual VM), I have used the option to automatically allocate memory to parallels.

The VM still "thinks" its got what I want from the config now.
 
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