I tried that - but Vista SP1 still crashes in native mode
Dear John,
I followed your instructions to the letter; i.e.
Before upgrading to build 5608
1) Went to Configuration Editor of Parallels VM > Hard Disk >Advanced
2) Clicked "Clear" button. Removed Parallels information from Boot Camp partitition
3) After it finished, booted the Parallels VM - All was OK
4. Stopped and tried to launch Vista SP1 via Boot Camp - It Crashed - Blue Screen of Death.
Retried all of the above. Did not run Vista SP1 in Parallels VM, but restarted computer and tried to boot Vista SP1 from Boot Camp - FAILED AGAIN - BSOD - crash, self reboot
Installed the New Build 5608.
Booted up Mac OSX, ran Parallels VM, Vista SP1 came up with menu choices, clicked "Normal", SP1 booted up in VM OK.
Tried to restart and boot Vista via Boot Camp - BSOD again
In other words Build 5608 didn't improve anything. I still have the problem I had before trying 5608. Vista SP1 still runs within a Parallels VM but crashes whenever I try to boot up native. The Vista Repair disk fails to repair the native installation.
So - Back to where I was after updating Vista to SPI. Can only run in Parallels VM, but not in Native Mode.
Are there any other files to remove from the Vista Disk? Curious why Vista SPI works fine in the VM but not native mode. Any idea what the cause of the problem might be?
Any other suggestions would be welcome. PLEASE??
Thanks, Ian
Last edited: Jun 23, 2008