Windows won't boot

[rockaday]

My newbe friend just bought a new Macbook. She installed Parallels and XP. Parallels starts up but when you start the VM windows won't boot (see attached screenshots). I tried uninstall and reinstall with no luck. I've been using Parallels since beta 6 with no problems. What are we doing wrong?
Thanks

 

[andymac]

That's strange - looking at the second screenshot it looks like there's nothing loaded up on your virtual drive - but you've installed XP ? The only other thing that looks different to mine is that the RAM for XP is quite low.

Sorry that's not much help !

 

[blackmonday]

I can't see the attached images but it sounds like the same problem I'm having. I have been using Parallels build 1848 since it's launch with no problems until today. When I start up the VM it reverts back to the Parallels screen. No error message. Nothing... I have alot of info I on the HDD and now there is no way to access it!?

 

[ccparallels]

I've had the .pvs file line cleared out once (dunno if I did it inadvertantly or not). In case that's the problem, make sure it's pointing at the right file.

 

[blackmonday]

Everything is as it should be and pointing to the right place. I've created a new HDD and installed a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro and it works fine. So I added another HD and pointed that to the original HDD and the problem comes back. If I disable the second HD and use only the new one it works again.

Is there anyway to recover a Parallels HDD image?