Hi, I have searched through this forum but cannot find the answer. I have two installs in my Parallels 5 VM. I started using XP with Office 2003 and some more progs. After that I installed Windows 7 with office 2007 and have it fully working now. How do I claim the HD space back from the old XP install ? I fear I will loose files that are needed for Win7/office2007 when I simply remove the WinXP.pvm file. What can I do to make it a safe removal and get the 33.6Gb back ? Thanks, H.
Hi hmolen, basically, you should move all important files from Win XP to Windows 7 virtual machine. This can be done by several ways: 1. Using shared profile, copy necessary files from Windows to Mac side, then move them to Windows 7 2. copy necessary files from Windows XP VM to external drive, to use them later in Win 7 VM
Very nice but I have a full backup of my system so all I want is to find out how to simply remove my XP pvm. Do I login to it and remove all data/programs and then is there a tool in Parallels that executes: - Remove .pvm or do I drag it to the waste bin ? What will be left behind in OS/X if I do it this way ? To name an example, all my outlook .pst files are stored in a separate folder in OS/X, when I uninstall outlook in XP those files will remain there but I want to be 100% sure. So, if I remove the .PVM only, I will not touch that directory right ? This way I am sure all important files are left alone, cannot think of any "important" file in the .PVM for XP.... or, is my assumption not right ? H.
Hi hmolen, sorry for delayed reply. If you do not need a virtual machine any more, have full backup and, more importantly, your .pst files are stored on Mac OS X side, you can remove virtual machine from virtual machines list and select Move to Trash option to delete it completely. Just in case, I would recommend you to duplicate .pst files on another location on Mac hard drive, just to be sure.
Remove VM for XP I do need a VM but today I have 2 VM's, 1 Windows 7 and 1 Windows XP. I need to get rid of XP. I will: - Backup - Move .pst files - Remove Virtual Machine (XP) from the list. THIS WILL KEEP MY Win7 INSTALLATION 100% WORKING, RIGHT ? Hans.
Uninstall xp and install windows 7 on imac I don't know how to post a new thread. I have xp installed. I want to uninstall it and install windows 7. I have Parallels 8 installed on an imac 10.8. How can I do this? I have nothing important on the current xp so I would be just as happy to start over again to avoid failing to eliminate old xp files. Thanks.
