Upgraded OS and Parallels, now windows VM won't boot

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I recently upgraded a Mac running Mountain Lion and Parallels 7 to High Sierra. Parallels 7 would not run on high sierra so I am currently evaluating Parallels 15, with 8 days left to solve my issues and determine if I should continue using this product.

My Windows 7 (boot camp partition) parallels machine will not boot since the upgrade of the OS and Parallels. It states: "Failed to configure the Boot Camp partition's hard disk" in an error box before failing to boot. I've confirmed that it is referencing the correct hard drive/partition. I've attached a screenshot.

I then attempted to add a new VM to my parallels installation, thinking I could just create a new one, but saw no option to use an existing boot camp partition. Is this no longer supported in Parallels 15?

Thank you.
 

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Thank you for your reply Maria,

The Virtual hard drive shows as only being 3.2MB. Again, this VM was using my existing boot camp partition, so I wouldn't expect it to have a significant file size. I have attached a screenshot of the "get info" dialog for the .pvm file.

I look forward to any help you can provide.
 

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Well, my trial has now expired and I have not received a response. I certainly won't be upgrading as you have not helped solve my problem, and now I can't even test any proposed fixes without purchasing. I will now be looking into your competitors products.
 
Well, my trial has now expired and I have not received a response. I certainly won't be upgrading as you have not helped solve my problem, and now I can't even test any proposed fixes without purchasing. I will now be looking into your competitors products.
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