Specified file cannot be used as a virtual hard disk.

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by DanP4, Jan 12, 2017.

  1. DanP4

    DanP4 Bit poster

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    Hello. I am running Parallels 12.1.1 on an iMac running 10.12.2 and Windows 7. I've run for a year with no issues now suddenly get these 3 messages:
    1. The specified file cannot be used as a virtual hard disk.
    2. Unable to connect Hard Disk 0.
    3. Unable to connect floppy disk 0.
    I uninstalled Parallels and re-installed it twice. I cannot find the .pvm file when I use the searchlight tool.
     
    DanP4, Jan 12, 2017
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  2. PaulChristopher@Parallels

    PaulChristopher@Parallels Product Expert Staff Member

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    Hello DanP4, this error might be occurred because of an incorrect path to second virtual machine hard disk in virtual machine configuration. Are you trying to connect a secondary hard disk to your Windows 7 virtual machine? If so, please check out the instruction outlined in this article.
     
    PaulChristopher@Parallels, Jan 13, 2017
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