JustinDLong
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I have a 2.7ghZ i7 Mac with OS 10.8.4 and 4GB RAM.
I downloaded a trial version of Parallels 9.
I have the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade ISO downloaded from Microsoft (we are a volume licensor). Our IT guy says this is what we need, it works fine with Bootcamp. (Although I've never used that.)
I have it in both ISO and with the ISO burned to DVD.
I have tried several times unsuccessfully to create a new virtual machine.
1. Install Windows from a DVD or image file.
2. Select the image file or DVD, either, it doesn't matter, same result.
3. Express installation, version requires no product key.
4. Like a Mac or Like a PC, either choice seems to produce same result.
5. Name: Windows 7. /users/justinlong/documents/parallels
on screen 6, "Virtual Machine Creation," there is a popup which tells me my activation will expire in [11] days. I hit "LATER"
Now I get a screen that tells me it can't ifnd a boot device.
SATA drive 1... failed.
SATA optical drive 2... failed
Floppy drive... failed
Networking... no boot filename received [failed]
No boot device is available, press Enter to continue.
I don't get it. What am I doing wrong? There's probably no boot device on the virtual drive because it hasn't been initialized yet. I'm going from an ISO so it shouldn't need that, right?
Please help!
I downloaded a trial version of Parallels 9.
I have the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade ISO downloaded from Microsoft (we are a volume licensor). Our IT guy says this is what we need, it works fine with Bootcamp. (Although I've never used that.)
I have it in both ISO and with the ISO burned to DVD.
I have tried several times unsuccessfully to create a new virtual machine.
1. Install Windows from a DVD or image file.
2. Select the image file or DVD, either, it doesn't matter, same result.
3. Express installation, version requires no product key.
4. Like a Mac or Like a PC, either choice seems to produce same result.
5. Name: Windows 7. /users/justinlong/documents/parallels
on screen 6, "Virtual Machine Creation," there is a popup which tells me my activation will expire in [11] days. I hit "LATER"
Now I get a screen that tells me it can't ifnd a boot device.
SATA drive 1... failed.
SATA optical drive 2... failed
Floppy drive... failed
Networking... no boot filename received [failed]
No boot device is available, press Enter to continue.
I don't get it. What am I doing wrong? There's probably no boot device on the virtual drive because it hasn't been initialized yet. I'm going from an ISO so it shouldn't need that, right?
Please help!
