Hi, For the office we're using Windows XP PCs. I'd like to import, if that is possible, an image of my disk on the Windows machine so that I can use it in Parallels. IS there a way of doing this relatively easy? Thanks
Parallels Transporter - From the menu, File/Import... very easy. I've used it to "import" from physical machines. Note how they must be connected in some way and the use of the Parallels Transporter "client" resident on the machine to be imported (Needs to be downloaded and "installed"). You can also specify to import, or not, other disks that may be on the machine. It does take a few to many hours to migrate depending on the size of the migration. Just to give you an idea, I had a ~55 Gbyte disk take almost 24 hours using a "high speed" wireless router. USB probably would have been significantly faster, but I didn't have the cable. I had the time and no $. I did run into a problem with a migration from an oem machine. It migrated just fine. But when attempting to create the actual vm, the process got into an infinite loop. After several go arounds (escalations) and providing all sorts of log information and user manual citations, I received the definitive response "not supported". That doesn't mean to say it won't work. I found out that it means if it doesn't work and it is an oem os, there is no support, thus whatever problem the Parallel software has, won't be fixed. (Supposedly documentation is going to be updated.) Also consider there may be licensing issue if you continue to use your office machine while using your vm. I've always had to enter my registration key into the vm created from the import. With XP, the registration will probably be successful. However it does open up you and "your office" to potential liability. With Win7 & Vista, Ms is a lot more stringent about this kind of "piracy". For your (and your office's protection) you really should understand the license that applies to copies of your Windows XP.
