Resolution
Desired Result:
To Install Windows to the VM using CD/DVD file image.
Required Steps:
- Insert the Windows OS installation disc into the CD/DVD-ROM drive of your computer.
- Start the Disk Utility (Applications\Utilities\Disk Utility).
- Select the second CD Icon ("Untitled 0") in the Disk Utility devices list.
- Click the New Image button on the top of the Disk Utility window.
- Type the name into the Save as box (i.e. WinXP).
- Change location to Desktop in the Where box.
- Change Image Format to read-only.
- Leave encryption as none.
- Click the Save button.
- The image creation will start. This should take a few minutes to finish.
- When the image creation is complete you can close the Disk Utility.
- Ctrl+Click on saved image and select Get Info
- Change extension from dmg to iso
- Click "Use .iso" when suggested to select extension
- Now you should be able to connect this image to the Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine.
- Start Parallels with the icon in Applications/Parallels.
- The OS installation wizard will automatically start. (if it does not then you can activate it by selecting New under the File menu in the menubar.)
- Choose the Typical install option .
- Select the OS.
- Choose the name.
- Select option for more productive virtual machine.
- In the next window, select More options.
- For source select ISO image, then use the Choose button and navigate to the .dmg file (Macintosh HD/Users/[your user name]/Desktop/WinXP.ISO ) and then click the Open button.
- Click Finish.
- Windows should start to install.
- Install Windows normally, using the default settings.
- After Windows is installed you will need to install Parallels Tools.
- After installation, with Windows open and logged in, click the Actions menu on the top of your screen and select Install Parallels Tools (you may need to press ctrl+alt to release the mouse from Windows).
- A dropdown window will appear, click OK.
- There will be a short pause and then the Parallels Tools setup wizard will appear; click Next.
- Select Complete install and then click Next.
- Click Install on the next window.
- A warning message will appear. Select OK.
- After the tools install click Restart.
If image creation fails on step 7-8, you should consider that there are some problems with Mac reading your installation media. Try cleaning the disk with soft cloth, if it doesn't help - get another installation disc. Consult with the Apple Customer Service if the image creation fails even with the new disc as there may be some problems with Mac CD/DVD drive.
If Windows won't install at step 18-19 make sure that you have genuine Microsoft Windows installation disc and it's bootable.
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