Parallels + new HDD + Boot Camp + Leopard = ?

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by mikekbrad, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. mikekbrad

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    I had a Boot Camp partition under Tiger, which I used with Parallels 5160 without any problems. Before I installed Leopard, I upgraded to a new harddrive, and copied an image of my old Boot Camp partition over to it. This partition works perfectly when I reboot into it, but Parallels, while recognizing that I have a Boot Camp partition, always gets an error when attempting to start it. I have tried bot 5160 and 5540 without any success...
     
  2. mikekbrad

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    Now, with the new 5570 Build, I get the following message when I try to start the Boot Camp VM:

    More than one Windows partitions are found. This is not a standard Boot Camp configuration. Please refer to the Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide, Using Boot Camp Windows XP Installation chapter for instructions on how to configure Parallels virtual machine in case of a non-standard Boot Camp configuration on your Macintosh computer.
     
  3. mikekbrad

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    I edited the .pvs file to include the disk0s3 bit, and now I get this error message:


    Unable to open disk image Boot Camp;disk0s3!


    Any ideas?!?!
     
  4. Alicia

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    Hello,

    did you use this article or just acted on your own?

    Best regards,
    Alicia.
     
    Last edited: Nov 30, 2007
  5. mikekbrad

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    Yes, I followed that article and still receive the error message.
     
  6. Alicia

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    Hello,

    could you please open Applications->Utilities->Terminal and run the "diskutil list" (w/o quotes) command and send me the output?

    update: and could you please attach a screenshot of the Hard Disc tab of the Configuration Editor?

    Best regards,
    Alicia.
     
    Last edited: Dec 3, 2007
  7. mikekbrad

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    /dev/disk0
    #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
    0: GUID_partition_scheme *149.1 Gi disk0
    1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
    2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 116.9 Gi disk0s2
    3: Microsoft Basic Data NO NAME 31.8 Gi disk0s3
    /dev/disk1
    #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
    0: GUID_partition_scheme *232.9 Gi disk1
    1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk1s1
    2: Apple_HFS WD250 BACKUP 139.9 Gi disk1s2
    3: Microsoft Basic Data WD250 BRAVO 92.7 Gi disk1s3
     

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  8. Alicia

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    Hello,

    please, open Terminal (Application->Utilities) and run a command
    sudo rm -rf /Library/Parallels/.bc_backup/
    Will it help?

    Best regards,
    Alicia.
     
  9. mikekbrad

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    OK, it looks like that was a step in the right direction. Parallels now starts to boot into Windows, but then I get an error message, but it looks like it is within Windows rather than Parallels. (See attachment)
     

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  10. Alicia

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    Hello,

    could you please boot from Windows Installation CD and run "fixmbr" command in Recovery Console?

    Best regards,
    Alicia.
     
  11. mikekbrad

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    I have resolved this issue by reinstalling Windows XP through Boot Camp. Parallels then worked perfectly. Thanks for your help!
     

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