Virtual Machine cant be started

[norm27]

Virtual machine cannot be started because of the following problem:

The virtual Hard Disk 1 image file /Users/normantaer/Documents/Parallels/Microsoft Windows XP 3/winxp.hdd could not be found

 

[Eru Ithildur]

Well, is the .hdd file there?

 

[norm27]

NO I searched and it is not there

 

[sandro]

hi,
so obviously question how was your VM created? Maybe you copied it from somewhere and not all necessary files were transfered.

 

[norm27]

It has been working properly for two months. It was created using a valid Parallels disk and a valid windows xp sp2 microsoft disk.

 

[johnv]

Virtual machine cannot be started because of the following problem:

The virtual Hard Disk 1 image file /Users/normantaer/Documents/Parallels/Microsoft Windows XP 3/winxp.hdd could not be found

Hello,

Please open Finder and search for .hdd files,

Best regards,
John

 

[norm27]

I did and found nothing

 

[Eru Ithildur]

Well, sounds if *.hdd in spotlight turned out nothing, sounds like it got deleted and you need to do a re-install. Unless, you set it up using a BootCamp partition.

 

[norm27]

Can I re-install over the present installation or do I have to uninstall and re-install?

 

[Eru Ithildur]

Uninstall and re-install is always best.