Parallels on Leopard: XP Sp2 installation problem

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I just upgraded my MacbookPro to Leopard and then installed Parallels Desktop 3.0 Build 5608.0. I have now bought a Windows XP SP2 (full retail version) and am trying to install XP in Parallels as a new virtual machine. I chose Express Option. After I put the XP disk (as asked by Parallels) and the blue Windows Setup screen started,

- it first kept failing saying "File acpi.sys caused an unexpected error (512) at line 5964 in d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\setup.c".
- I then read some posts and disabled VT-x and disabled Acceleration.
- It now fails saying "File viaaide.sys caused an unexpected error (512) at line 5964 in d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\setup.c".

Microsoft won't support me (I called) because it is Mac hardware. They say that these are BIOS and hardware related files.

Anyone has any experience?

I did upgrade the MacBook Pro BIOS to latest BIOS a week back (before I installed Parallels).

I am stuck. Any help will be highly appreciated.
 
Try following:
1. Delete current VM folder in Documents/Parallels
2. Use custom installation method
3. Disable VT-x and disable Acceleration
 
Thanks very much. Tried it. Now it went beyond the point of loading all the drivers. Then it said "starting Windows". After that a blue screen with lots of lines flashes on the screen and the Parallels desktop rotates back to the screen showing virtual machine "Stopped". How do I see what error was coming on the screen?
 
Looks like CD corruption
Try to install from ISO image, to create ISO image follow steps bellow:
1. Insert CD/DVD source

2. Start Terminal from Applicatins/Utilities, you can then determine the device that is you CD/DVD drive using the following command:

$ drutil status
Vendor Product Rev
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835E GAND

Type: DVD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1
Cur Write: 8x DVD Sessions: 1
Max Write: 8x DVD Tracks: 1
Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
Space Free: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
Space Used: 364:08:27 blocks: 1638627 / 3.36GB / 3.13GiB
Writability:
Book Type: DVD-ROM

3. Umount the disk with the following command:

$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
Disk /dev/disk1 unmounted

4. Create the ISO file with the dd utility (may take some time):

$ dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso bs=2048

5. Test the ISO image by mounting the new file (or open with Finder):

$ hdid file.iso
 
I was able to catch the blue screen by trying Boot Camp (instead of Parallels). The error was Windows declaring "SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED". Other web posts also indoicated that this was due to a problem with reading the XP DVD and apparently it was a known problem with Mac's optical drive. Copying the XP DVD in the Mac to make a new DVD and re-trying the install with that DVD solved the problem. However, I found that making the DVD by using Disk Utility in Mac (make a "compressed" DMG image and burn it) worked rather than creating the ISO file that you suggested (the ISO file was not readable by Mac). So my problem is resolved and Parallels is working great. Thanks for all your assistance!
 
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