How can I find C:\ and retrieve Windows files from Parallels on a Mac?

[don chris]

Friday, 15 days before, I worked in Windows 7 using Parellels 5 on a Mac (Snow Leopard) desktop computer.

I don’t know what happened, but when next Monday I tried to get into Windows, I couldn’t do it. It gives the “setup is starting…” on the Windows 7 wallpaper, and in the taskbar says that Parallels tools are not installed.

 

When I try to install the Parallel Tools I have to put some GB on the HDD, which is 64 GB, but I’m afraid that perhaps I lose some data, even if I don’t know for the time being, where is located this data.

 

Can somebody tell me where is my C:\ disk? And how I can find all my Windows partition, to copy what I don’t like to lose? Please!

 

I tried to put a new VM, with a new version of Windows 7 and as key I wrote xxxxx.xxxx…., and on the Windows desktop opens a window where is: “The unattend answer file contains an invalid product key. Either remove the invalid key or provide a valid product key in the unattend answer file to proceed with Windows installation.”

I don’t know where these files are to change them. Also the old VM, does not open, and gives the same “unattend answer” error.

 

iMac configuration :

21.5-inch: 3.06GHz

1920-by-1080 resolution

4GB (two 2GB) memory

500GB hard drive

8x double-layer SuperDrive

ATI Radeon HD 4670 with 256MB

 

Please Help.
Thank You.

don chris

[LouCioccio]

Look in /Users/Shared/Parallels folder. Its a parallels windows*.pvm file you can try show package contents but I don't think you will get vey far.

 

Ciao,

Lou Cioccio

[don chris]

Thanks Lou Cioccio

I found the Windows 7.pvm file, but when i click on it starts the same process.

Anyway it was a good idea.

Something else?

 

don chris