File Missing When Starting Up Virtual Machine

When I click on Start Virtual Machine, a message comes up saying:

"Please check your configuration!

Floppy image file /Users/(my name)/Documents/Parallels/Microsoft Windows XP 1/unattended.fdd could not be found.

Do you want to continue anyway?"

It's not running as fast as it used to - does anyone have any idea as to what this means and/or what I should do?

 

Hello, dmh47012

unattended.fdd - is an Floppy drive image.
If you do not use floppy disks, you can simply delete it from your machine configuration:
Click on Floppy disk in configuration window of your virtual machine and remove it with "-" (minus) button on the bottom.
If you need Floppy, 2 variants are possible:

1) search in Finder with Spotlight for .fdd file and place it inside your machine's bundle (the bundle should be called like "Microsoft Windows XP.pvm"). To open the bundle, right-click it and select Show package content.

2) recreate the image - delete it as I described before and add new image back with "+" (plus).

As for slowness issue:

try the solutions from Parallels Knowledgebase articles:

http://kb.parallels.com/en/5810
http://kb.parallels.com/en/5859

 

Thanks for the help - I deleted the Floppy Disk from the Configuration menu.

Then, I went to the Device Manager, and the "Standard Floppy Disk Controller" has a yellow exclamation point beside it, so I clicked "Update Driver." The Hardware Update Wizard searches for new software but doesn't find any, so there's still the yellow exclamation point there. Any other suggestions?

 

Should I just uninstall the Floppy Disk Controller from the Device Manger menu since I don't use floppy disks?

 

No it is not necessary, just delete it and and it will reappear after the next reboot