Hello, I have a Parallels 5 install (most recent build) that will not launch its Windows XP VM. The machine was suspended for some time, and when resumed did not properly come up. After a forced restart of the VM, I cannot proceed in Safe Mode, Safe mode with prompt, or Last Known Config, let alone in regular mode. The screen just shows show black, with a white mouse cursor in the center. Here is what I have tried so far: - Reinstall of Parallels the easy way - Full removal via command line of Parallels and reinstall of the application - Create a new VM and copy the .hdd from the old system into the new VM and select it as the boot disk. - Attempted to reinstall parallels tools from the black screen (unsuccessful despite waiting 30 minutes) I would love some guidance as to what else to try in this situation. For now I am building another VM that I can try to port the data to from the old VM. Help would be nice.
Hi, I do have the exact same problem with my V4 and Windows XP... which untill now, was working fine.... Did you get a solution to solve this issue ? Thanks Raphaël
I just had this problem after rebooting Mac. I think problem was Mac grabbed the dvd and wouldn't let VM get it. I have had lots of problems with dvd. I configured and disconnected dvd before startup and things worked.