Previously installed windows

Nashlawyer · Feb 12, 2007

I am on my macbook. Just installed parallels. I have already installed windows on the system. Parallels now wants to reinstall windows? Do I really need to do this?

Since I had previously installed windows, is there a way simply to get parallels to recognize this.

THanks for the help!

Purplish · Feb 12, 2007

Did you use Bootcamp?

Sonderpa · Feb 12, 2007

@constant
What's the meaning of this?

joem · Feb 12, 2007

He's trying to punish people who post questions to the how to forum. I doubt it will have any effect beyond annoying the rest of us.

Sonderpa · Feb 13, 2007

The title "How to" is too confusing.
I suggested in another thread to change it in "Solutions", but any other title making it less confusing is fine by me.
Would probably solve the problem of questions in this forum.

Nashlawyer · Feb 13, 2007

Yes, I used bootcamp in setting up my mac.

Nashlawyer · Feb 13, 2007

I am new here, but I want to know why this idiot constant keeps posting this nonsense on this thread.

Nashlawyer · Feb 13, 2007

This idiot constant

Is there a moderator on this forum? I have posted a question and this idiot constant keeps posting this garbage, for reasons that are totally unknown to me. I don't know if he just wants to be an ass or what. I have a simple question I'd like answered, but I don't think anyone can find the question because of this moron's actions.

Any help is appreciated.

palter · Feb 13, 2007

Nashlawyer said:
Is there a moderator on this forum? I have posted a question and this idiot constant keeps posting this garbage, for reasons that are totally unknown to me. I don't know if he just wants to be an ass or what. I have a simple question I'd like answered, but I don't think anyone can find the question because of this moron's actions.

Any help is appreciated.

This forum isn't intended for questions; it's supposed to be a forum where users posts solutions on how they did something.

You would've gotten a quicker response in the Mac technical forum or the General Questions forum.

In any event, the currently released version of Parallels (1970) can't share a Boot Camp installation. The latest beta (release candidate, actually) does have this capability. Beware that it's a beta and shouldn't be used for production work. Check the sticky at the beginning of the Mac technical forum for details on how to get the release candidate if you want to try it.