Unable to install from Bootcamp Partition

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RAB

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I have spent at least 6 hours on the installation of Parallels and a new Virtual Machine: so far have not been able to "Install from: Bootcamp Partition". It (Bootcamp Partition) just does not come up as an option in menu even though it installed flawlessly as did the Windows installation (and is accessible on startup without difficulty). I have uninstalled and reinstalled the boot camp partition, changed it's location, and removed and reinstalled Parallels several times as well. I am evaluating this software for my company. I don't want to purchase registration codes until I can see it working. Using new Mac Pro with latest software, 2 1TB hard drives, and new Windows 7.
 
Are you using Parallels Desktop 6? I'm don't know what you mean by "Install from: Bootcamp Partition".

Did you install Windows to the Boot Camp partition by booting your Mac with the Windows installer disk?

Can you boot your Mac into the Boot Camp partition?

What do the following commands in Mac OS X Terminal.app say about your Boot Camp disk (change 0 to the disk number containing the Boot Camp partition) ?

Code: 
diskutil list /dev/disk0
sudo fdisk /dev/rdisk0
sudo gpt -r show -l /dev/disk0

Also check the information for the disk from System Profiler.

If you're creating a new virtual machine, try the following:
File -> New -> Boot Camp partition -> Windows 7 -> Customize settings before installation -> Create.
Hardware -> Hard Disk 1 -> Select Boot Camp partition. If the Boot Camp partition has multiple partitions then click Edit Partitions... and make sure the necessary partitions are selected.


You can also try:
File -> New -> Continue without disc -> Windows 7 -> Like a PC -> Customize settings before installation -> Create.
Hardware -> Hard Disk 1 -> Select Boot Camp partition.
 
RAB said:
I have spent at least 6 hours on the installation of Parallels and a new Virtual Machine: so far have not been able to "Install from: Bootcamp Partition". It (Bootcamp Partition) just does not come up as an option in menu even though it installed flawlessly as did the Windows installation (and is accessible on startup without difficulty). I have uninstalled and reinstalled the boot camp partition, changed it's location, and removed and reinstalled Parallels several times as well. I am evaluating this software for my company. I don't want to purchase registration codes until I can see it working. Using new Mac Pro with latest software, 2 1TB hard drives, and new Windows 7.
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Make sure that your BootCamp Windows partition is mounted in Mac OS (visible in Finder).
Than try again.
 
joevt said:
Are you using Parallels Desktop 6? I'm don't know what you mean by "Install from: Bootcamp Partition".

Did you install Windows to the Boot Camp partition by booting your Mac with the Windows installer disk?

Can you boot your Mac into the Boot Camp partition?

What do the following commands in Mac OS X Terminal.app say about your Boot Camp disk (change 0 to the disk number containing the Boot Camp partition) ?

Code: 
diskutil list /dev/disk0
sudo fdisk /dev/rdisk0
sudo gpt -r show -l /dev/disk0

Also check the information for the disk from System Profiler.

If you're creating a new virtual machine, try the following:
File -> New -> Boot Camp partition -> Windows 7 -> Customize settings before installation -> Create.
Hardware -> Hard Disk 1 -> Select Boot Camp partition. If the Boot Camp partition has multiple partitions then click Edit Partitions... and make sure the necessary partitions are selected.


You can also try:
File -> New -> Continue without disc -> Windows 7 -> Like a PC -> Customize settings before installation -> Create.
Hardware -> Hard Disk 1 -> Select Boot Camp partition.
Click to expand...

I have the same issue.

File -> New -> Boot Camp partition -> Windows 7 -> Customize settings before installation -> Create.

Is not an option because:

Boot Camp partition

is never given as a choice. It isn't even greyed-out. It doesn't exist at all.
 
Is your Boot Camp partition visible in the Finder?

Did you try the "Continue without disc" option?

Post the results of the diskutil/fdisk/gpt commands so we can verify that the partition map is ok.
 
Any updates on this?

I'm experiencing this as well: no dropdown option to "Install from Bootcamp" in the NVM assistant window as described in the documentation. Also tried "continue without disc" option that did appear in the NVM assistant, and also installed a test vm from my windows disc, to try to bring in bootcamp later to no avail. "Import from bootcamp" is grayed out.

Here's my results from Terminal:

x$ diskutil list /dev/disk0
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *465.8 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 343.9 Gi disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 121.6 Gi disk0s3
x-imac:~ x$ sudo fdisk /dev/rdisk0

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

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Parallels 6.0.11992, OS X 10.5.8, Vista 32bit, 4 Gb Ram, 2.4 Ghz iMac C2D, bootcamp partition "Untitled" appears in finder and my desktop, and i have successfully booted into it natively, all legal software.
Report #7655862

Thanks!
 
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Enter the commands one line at a time. The fdisk and gpt commands that begin with sudo require you to enter your account password. You'll only need to enter it once in the Terminal window. The Terminal will not display the characters used for the password. The password will be remembered for subsequent uses of sudo.

When posting the command output to the forums, surround it with [code] and [/code] to preserve the spacing like this:

Code: 
:~ joevt$ sudo fdisk /dev/rdisk0
Password:
Disk: /dev/rdisk0	geometry: 30401/255/63 [488397168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE    0   0   2 -   25 127  14 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
 2: AF   25 127  15 - 1023  62  59 [    409640 -   62874360] HFS+        
 3: AF 1023 143  61 - 1023 107  52 [  63546144 -  127810864] HFS+        
*4: 07 1023 252  42 - 1023 239  29 [ 254533712 -  216924864] HPFS/QNX/AUX
 
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