Marc Connor Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I've installed parallels, added XP, but everytime it starts, I get "No boot device". I do have XP installed on one partition... But it says "No boot device". If someone could tell me how to boot from the XP partition, or offer ANY help at all, I'd be VERY grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technobob Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I have just started using Parallels but I don't believe you can boot from a partition only from a image file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 That is correct, Parallels does not support directly booting from a partition, only from a virtual hard drive file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Connor Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Ok... but how do I boot to XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwer Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Ok... but how do I boot to XP? Well, you start parallels Click New VM. This will start a wizard. Click Next Select Typical Then select Windows as a guest OS, and Windows XP as the version Click Next Accept the defaults for the machine name and the config file Click Finish Then...click the Open button, select the vm you have just created, insert your windows XP disc in the drive and click the green play button on the right. XP should then start installing..... Hope this helps you get going... //R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Connor Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 I have it installed already... but it doesn't start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I have it installed already... but it doesn't start... Mark, what exactly have you installed? If you would like to PM me maybe I can help you out without clogging the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Connor Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 I already have XP installed, as I can dual boot it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwer Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 I already have XP installed, as I can dual boot it... Right - you have it installed on another partition. Parallels doesn't work that way, you can't boot an existing partition from within it. You have to create a virtual hard disk in parallels and install xp into that. So for clarity, you cannot boot your existing copy of xp in parallels. You have to do a fresh install of xp into a new virtual disk in parallels. OK? //R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Connor Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 Well, I try to boot a bootable XP CD, but to no avail. I get Boot device not available, Press Enter to continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 In the configuration screen of the virtual machine make sure you have the actual CD-ROM drive selected and not an image file. Also make sure the CD-ROM drive is activated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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