Severe problems with Macbook Air and PD7

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peterholm1

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I have a new Macbook Air with Parallels Desktop 7 licence bought at a local store. I have a original Windows 7 Professional 32-bit DVD.

I have tried to install Windows with bootable USB-memory, Bootable DVD in a "sata-usb"-adapter (working fine in Finder) and ISO-image...

NOTHING works... PD just tells my "boot failed"....

My last theory is that an Apple-Superdrive-usb is required??
 
Uninstall tested

1st time I did install Parallels from downloaded dmg-file. I uninstalled that one and tried to install it from the provided DVD. The install did work fine but the problem is still there, unable to boot from Windows-DVD.
 
Problem solved

The problem got solved by doing these steps. I tried to Boot Windows 7 from a bootable COPY of the original DVD. Did not work.

When I made a DMG of the ORIGINAL DVD on the Air and mounted it in PD7 it did work.

The COPY was bootable on a regular PC but not on PD7 wich confused me.
 
<CdRom id="0" dyn_lists="">
<Index>0</Index>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<Connected>0</Connected>
<EmulatedType>0</EmulatedType>
<SystemName>Default CD/DVD-ROM</SystemName>
<UserFriendlyName>Default CD/DVD</UserFriendlyName>
<Remote>0</Remote>
<InterfaceType>2</InterfaceType>
<StackIndex>1</StackIndex>
<Passthrough>1</Passthrough>
<DeviceDescription></DeviceDescription>
</CdRom>


There is a problem.
You've got an invalid configuration of CD/DVD somehow... I do not know
how it's possible.
Obviously that <SystemName>Default CD/DVD-ROM</SystemName> is invalid.
As a solution to be able use your DVD drive with VM, you need to choose
it from menu or from VM configuration editor. Switch from "Default CD/DVD-ROM" to
your drive label. It must present in a list of avalable CD/DVD devices.
If it is absent there, please generate a "Report a problem" data and provide its number.
And do not forget to check "Connected" checkbox.

Thank you.
 
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