jsobeck Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Can I install parallels on osx86 and have it recognize my already installed WinXP partition, or does parallels create a "virtual disk" within osx86? I'd really like to be able to boot into Windows without another installation. Has anyone done this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21732-parallels-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Parallels uses virtual disks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21732-parallels-question/#findComment-143505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsobeck Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 ...So I'm thinking thats a no..... well if anyone ever gets something like that working, please let me know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21732-parallels-question/#findComment-143506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbaldwin Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 parallels can boot a seperate hdd if you go into advanced when setting up a hard drive but seperate partition does not work that I know of Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21732-parallels-question/#findComment-145436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsobeck Posted July 15, 2006 Author Share Posted July 15, 2006 alright well I have xp on a different hdd then osx, I'll give it a shot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21732-parallels-question/#findComment-145471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwer Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 parallels can boot a seperate hdd if you go into advanced when setting up a hard drive but seperate partition does not work that I know of My heart leapt when I saw this....after having a play, its not so. Shame - I want parallels running on a separate disk... That setting set whether the virtual disk runs as a primary master (0:0), Primary Slave (0:1), Secondary Master (1:0) or Secondary Slave (1:1) - this setting is there because some os's don't behave unless they see the HD or CD on a specific channel. //R Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21732-parallels-question/#findComment-148142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
telmac5 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 You can copy the Parallels Virtual Disk Folder (ie WinXP.hdd ) to another partition or HD and run the set up again to select it with New VM.. It is located in Users/Username/Library/Parallels folder. I actually copied this folder and burned it to DVD to transfer Parallels/Windows XP to another machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21732-parallels-question/#findComment-148361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsobeck Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 yes that would work unless your windows partitions were all NTFS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21732-parallels-question/#findComment-148374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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