Please help re uninstall

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trachshack

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I recently upgraded to Leopard. After I did this Parallels (running XP) started to behave very sluggishly. I read on the Parallels website that it was recommended that I upgrade to Parallels 3.0 Build 5584. I downloaded this program and installed it, (stupidly) thinking that this would be a free upgrade. When I tried to run the program I realized I would have to pay, and decided not to do it since I so rarely use it anyway. I tried to partition my hard drive to install Windows XP and run it when needed through Boot Camp, but I kept getting error messages stating that Boot Camp Assistant couldn't partition my hard drive. I spent a lot of time on the phone with Apple, repairing the hard drive, uninstalling and re-installing Leopard, and nothing seems to work. Apple seems to think that uninstalling Parallels will fix the problem.

So...after re-installing my earlier version of Parallels, Build 3170, I tried to then uninstall it using the uninstaller on the Parallels CD. When I did this I got a message saying that I don't have Parallels. So I ran the uninstaller that was in my Applications folder and it indicated that this uninstall did indeed work, but, when I look in ~/Library/Parallels/winxp I see the files winxp.hdd and winxp.pvs. I was then going to follow Xenos's instructions to uninstall by typing commands in the Mac Terminal, but the instructions say to make sure that these files are NOT there before I start to uninstall using the Mac Terminal, so what do I do given that they ARE in there?

BTW, has anyone else had a similar experience trying to use Boot Camp with Leopard after using Parallels?

Thanks.
 
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I am having this same issue. It won't let me use Boot Camp because it says I need to reformat and make it a single partition. However, it is a single partition and there are no .hdd or .pvs files either.
 
I suppose Parallels Boot Camp information was not removed correctly.
Please install Parallels,let it create Boot Camp VM, and click Clear on
Parallels Desktop -<Virtual Machine name>-Edit-Virtual Machine -HardDisk Advanced
 
Please move Parallels files to external disk (I mean Virtual machine folder), and delete them from disk, do not keep any Virtual Machine on disk, you can copy them back later
 
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There are no virtual machines installed at all, supposedly. I search for them, and it found none. Yet, it gives the partition error.
 
You said "I suppose Parallels Boot Camp information was not removed correctly.
Please install Parallels,let it create Boot Camp VM, and click Clear on
Parallels Desktop -<Virtual Machine name>-Edit-Virtual Machine -HardDisk Advanced "

My VM install was originally a Windows express install, not a Boot Camp VM install.
 
No, it is just related to Boot Camp,if you do not have Boot Camp, you need still to move files from Mac HDD, before using Boot Camp assistant
 
I think you're not understanding or there's something I'm missing. I cannot create a Boot Camp partition, meaning I can't create a Boot Camp VM, correct?
 
Ok, what should I be searching for to find these files? I already search for files ending in .pvs and .hdd as well as anything containing Windows and Parallels.
 
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