Boot from hard drive ... (issue)

Oltrix, if you installed Windows using Boot Camp Assistant, try following.
Set Startup disk Windows, restart Mac , login in Windows and perform checkdisk
Make sure Boot Camp 2.1 is installed in Windows
Set startup disk to Mac,
Delete Boot Camp VM folder in Documents/Parallels
Start Parallels Desktop and allow to create new VM

it is in case you installed Vista through Boot Camp Assistant

 

Device Identifier: disk0
Device Node: /dev/disk0
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Hitachi HTS722020K9SA00 Media

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: GUID_partition_scheme
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 186.3 Gi (200049647616 B) (390721968 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: Yes
Internal: Yes
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported

Device Identifier: disk0s1
Device Node: /dev/disk0s1
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: EFI System Partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: EFI
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 200.0 Mi (209715200 B) (409600 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes

Device Identifier: disk0s2
Device Node: /dev/disk0s2
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Customer

Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Mount Point: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Journal size 16384 KB at offset 0x11102000
Owners: Enabled

Partition Type: Apple_HFS
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: 38ACF852-9125-3331-984E-4A2E6BF1771F

Total Size: 94.8 Gi (101737037824 B) (198705152 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 72.6 Gi (77933268992 B) (152213416 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes

Device Identifier: disk0s3
Device Node: /dev/disk0s3
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: DOS_FAT_32_Untitled_2

Volume Name: DATA
Mount Point: /Volumes/DATA
File System: MS-DOS FAT32

Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 60.0 Gi (64408748032 B) (125798336 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 10.1 Gi (10832871424 B) (21157952 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes

Device Identifier: disk0s4
Device Node: /dev/disk0s4
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled

Volume Name: WINDOWS
Mount Point: /Volumes/WINDOWS
File System: MS-DOS FAT32

Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 31.1 Gi (33393573888 B) (65221824 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 3.4 Gi (3679485952 B) (7186496 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes

/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *186.3 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 94.8 Gi disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data DATA 60.0 Gi disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data WINDOWS 31.1 Gi disk0s4

 

Hi John,

I'm afraid that didn't work. I did all what you said(updating to 2.1 was a bit tricky though but i got it at the end), chkdsk showed no problems whatsoever, I did it a couple of times in different ways, same result every time.

Starting in boot camp works great but Parallels just returns to the old "boot from hard drive" screen and stays there...

I tried to run through all the other tricks mentioned in other forums (changing the .pvs file to"Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp;disk0s3" again, running a script i found doing the same thing. Nothing helps.

Do you have any more tricks up our sleeve?

regards

Carl

 

jvm You have non-standard configuration
Please use Oltrix suggestion to add
"Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp;disk0s3" or disk0s4
but the best solution is to format one of the Windows partition to HFS and you will be able to boot

Oltrix
Delete current VM, and try to start Parallels Desktop again, if it failed create ticket in support we can continue investigation in deep

 

Hi John,

Tried once again to create a new VM but it didn't work so i wrote to support two days ago and referred to this thread but I still haven't heard anything more from them... This normal?

 

Give me ticket ID

 

Well i didn't even get a ticked id... Ill retry.

 

TIcket ID 573367 /Oltrix

 

I have the same problem except that I have had Parallels running on Mac OSx for at least 6 months. Now the screen freezes up with the message "boot from hard drive." I have many files in the Parallels folder. How do I correct this problem without destroying the files.

 

Problem in this thread about Boot Camp based VM, if you need to retrieve files, just reboot Mac OS and boot directly in Boot Camp Windows

 

How do I reboot in Boot Camp

 

Restart Mac and hold option key, you will see boot choices, select one where Windows is mentioned

 

No boot choices appear. Only a picture of a hard drive with an arrow.

 

It is not Boot Camp VM, probably you need to backup VM as described in Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/file/doc/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac_User_Guide.pdf on page 243 and perform operations in http://kb.parallels.com/en/4680