Windows XP disappears after forced restart

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by Joewaco, Feb 6, 2009.

  1. Joewaco

    Joewaco Bit poster

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    With too many programs opened at once my MacBook Pro froze while Parallels was running and I had to force restart. Now, whenever I open Parallels, the installation screen appears, just like there is no Windows installed at all. I don't want to loose all my data by having to reinstall Windows. Parallels 3.0 build 5626. Any help would be appreciated.
     
  2. desgael

    desgael Pro

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    Check if you still have the hard disk image (.hdd) on the Mac side. By default in /Users/<username>/Document/Parallels/<VM_name> or /Users/<username>/Library/Parallels/<VM_name>.
    If it is - try creating a new virtual machine (custom mode) using the existing hard disk image.
     

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