Trouble Installing Windows 10 on Parallels 12

I am a newbie with Parallels. I am running Parallels Desktop 12 on my Mac. I have purchased and downloaded Windows 10. I downloaded the Single Language 64-bit version.

I selected Express Install and the Windows Setup launches but gets stuck. It says "Select the operating system you want to install". There is a message that says "No images are available."

Yet clearly there is a boot image since it booted up to Windows Setup.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

-Steve

 

Hello @SteveM6
The license which you've purchased for Windows 10 is meant for single language or multilingual? If it's for multilingual, please try download a new ISO for the right version. If the license is for single language, then please stop the installation process and create a new virtual machine. Uncheck "express installation" while creating the virtual machine and continue with the installation process.

 

I just bought a generic Windows 10 Home edition license. I will download the standard Windows 10 and see if that works.

-Steve

 

Hello @SteveM6
It will definitely work. Please reach out anytime if you have any questions, we will be glad to assist you!

 

It does seem to have worked. Trick was downloading the standard Windows 10. You might add that to the Windows installation instructions.

 

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Hello,
I have a very similar problem. I purchased Parallels Desktop 12 and Access Bundle (Multilanguage) and Microsoft Windows 10 Education (Multilanguage). I downloaded the 64bit iso, just the Windows 10 version. However, I still encountered the "no images are available" message in the parallel wizard window. I urgently need this to work. Ideas?

Thank you,
- Rio

 

How do you uncheck "express installation"?
- Rio

 

Hello @MuhammadR1
Please check this KB to uncheck express installation. If you've purchase a education license of Windows, please download the ISO using this link and proceed with installation.

 

I finally got it to work by using plain "Windows 10" iso. I couldn't get it to work with single language.

-Steve

 

Steve, we are glad that your were able to fix it with plain Windows 10 .iso ! Feel free to reach out anytime.
Thanks.

 

I got it to work by installing the ISO through the link you provided. Thank you very much for your assistance!

Best,
Rio

 

Thanks for your contribution, Steve!

Cheers,
Rio

 

you know what guys, this is plain unacceptable, this should work with any goddamn image I select just like Oracle, VMware or any other virtualization engine, and this should be clearly documented and pointed out in the install screens.

I have been unable to virtualize my various work laptops running windows 10 enterprise edition because of stupid reasons like this and frankly I am about to ditch Parallels and go back to VMware because it goddamn installs anything I goddamn tell it to install.

The Maze I have to run through with the myriad of stupid quirks parallels presents me with costs me time and that means its unusable.

Catch a wakeup there willya...

irked customer

 

Issue: "No Images Found" on windows installer window. When trying to download Windows 10, no images found appears on prompt window. Must "Stop Installer" on OS task bar. Problem was can be caused by corrupt iso file or incorrect file overall. If you have the education version, make sure to use the ACADEMIC ISO.
Solution: Make sure that you are downloading the correct iso file for windows to install into parallels. For example, I downloaded the 64 bit standard Windows 10 (I even tried the Creative and Multilanguage with no avail). IT WORKED when I downloaded a specific academic 64 bit iso for Windows 10 education. The link that worked for me is: https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/software-download/vlacademicISO. I got that link from another forum thread. Hope it helps!

 

Thank you for sharing these steps and links. We are glad to see your participation.

 

This solution worked for me in downloading the very specific version of the ISO. When buying it I had six different options for download including creative and anniversary and a single language. Somehow eventually I downloaded many different versions until one worked. This solution was not easy to find considering how common this must be. Is it possible to make this higher up on the search engines when looking for "missing image file" on install. The most common link I got was about installing it with a USB. Which i was not doing.

 

WHY WOULD YOU OFFER THE SINGLE LANGUAGE iso INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL ONE WHICH EVERYONE BUYS????
OR AT LEAST STATE BEFOREHAND THAT THIS IS THE VERSION THAT IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED.

 

Parallels does not offer single language ISO. Microsoft offers all Windows 10 ISO's. You can use single language ISO but the Windows 10 key is unable to validate it. If you disable Express Installation provided in Parallels Wizard and also skip entering the key during installation then it completes without any issues. You can use the key to activate Windows after it is installed as Windows will verify the key now with its activation server.