Vista (BootCamp) will not start as VM any more!

Hi all,

I have a BootCamp partition with Windows Vista.

I have only used the partition through Parallels for a long time, and suddenly yesterday, after an application crash, I couldn't start my Windows anymore.
I tried to boot natively in BootCamp - NO PROBLEM.


But I still can't start in Parallels.
On startup I get to the screen where I can choose between "Normal Startup" or "Safe Mode". No matter what I choose, Parallels end the session and I'm back at the startup screen for Parallels.

Anybody has a good idea?

 

Hello,

please try to do the following:
1. Open your Boot Camp virtual machine.
2. Open Configuration Editor
3. In the Resource list, click Hard Disk.
4. In the hard disk settings pane, click the Advanced tab.
5. In the Cleanup Boot Camp Partition area, click the Clear button.
6. Create a new VM via 'File' -> 'New'.
Will it help?

Best regards,
Stacey

 

Hi Stacey,

Just tried the above, but still same problem :'(


/Dough

 

Do you have any crash logs? Please try to find them in /Library/Parallels/bugreports/.

Best regards,
Stacey

 

This is the most recent from February 5th. But it has worked until yesterday...
I have already updated Parallels to Build 5584....


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac OS X version 3.0 Build 5582.0 from 2007-12-05
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Received SIGSEGV: Segmentation fault
Access to fault address: 0xd2691000
unknown signal sender: 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Please try to reinstall Parallels Desktop.
Parallels Desktop for Mac distribution provides an Uninstaller application for easy product uninstallation. Please note, that Parallels Uninstaller application does not remove Virtual Machines from your Macintosh HD.

To find Uninstaller application, if you have a Parallels Desktop for Mac CD, please insert it into your Mac CD/DVD drive. The Uninstaller application is there.
If you have previously downloaded Parallels Desktop for Mac from the web site as a .dmg package, please double-click it. Once the .dmg package is mounted, you will see an Uninstaller application there.

Launch the Uninstaller application and follow the on-screen instructions.

Go to Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal. Type and run the following commands:
sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions/vmmain.kext
sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions/hypervisor.kext
sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions/helper.kext
sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions/ConnectUSB.kext
sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions/Pvsnet.kext
sudo rm ~/Library/Parallels/
sudo rm /Library/Parallels/
sudo rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels

Reboot your Mac and reinstall Parallels.
Will it help?

Best regards,
Stacey

 

Thank you very much!!!!
It worked!!!

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Note:
Although many of the files above didn't existed.

Also for future reference in the forum these commands can't be used:
sudo rm ~/Library/Parallels/
sudo rm /Library/Parallels/

Instead use:
sudo rm -i -r ~/Library/Parallels/
sudo rm -i -r /Library/Parallels/

Then you can recursive delete the folders...