Parallels 8 and Window 7 VHD

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by VietDo, Mar 5, 2013.

  1. VietDo

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    I created a windows 7 vhd file using Disk2vhd provide by Microsoft.

    Then I use this code /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_convert win-7.vhd
    to convert the vhd file. I get this error "The source virtual machine or disk is neither a third-party virtual machine nor a third-party virtual disk."
    source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...arallels-desktop-6-on-the-mac/5176279#5176279

    Am I doing something wrong? Are there any other methods to make turn the vhd into a Parallels vm or an image file that Parallels can use?

    Thanks!
     
  2. milesm

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    I have the same problem.

    How do we get a resolution for this?

    Thanks
     
  3. TomFra

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    I had the same problem with trying WindowsXP. What I did, instead of executing the EXE file (to unzip), use Winrar to extract the file. (so rename .exe to .rar) After doing that, running the command worked fine!
     

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