Windows XP Won't Install--Kernel Panics&Freezing

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steve1496

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I've been using Parallels for a while now. My copy of Windows XP was running very slow and nothing seemed to cure it, so i deleted the VM and have tried to create a new one. However, I cannot get Windows installed. It goes very slow, taking 12+ hours to install, then it stops at Saving Settings in WinXP Setup. After being there for an hour or so, it kernel panics then I have to restart over again. I've tried the latest stable release and beta release. I really have no idea where to go from here.

MacBook/1.25GB RAM/VM has 256 RAM/2GHz Core Duo

Thanks.
 
Please check your memory settings:

1. Menu PD->Preferences->Memory->Reserved Memory
2. Menu File->Edit Configuration->Memory

2 should be less then 1.
 
Andrew @ Parallels said:
Please check your memory settings:

1. Menu PD->Preferences->Memory->Reserved Memory
2. Menu File->Edit Configuration->Memory

2 should be less then 1.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you Andrew. I went to my Backup Hard Drive to see if I had a copy of my old VM, and I did, so I copied it back, but it still ran very slow and erratic--until I did this. Now it runs perfect and very fast.

Thanks again!
 
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