Install Win7 from USB fails

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by Douglas_Fifield, Nov 30, 2014.

  1. Douglas_Fifield

    Douglas_Fifield Bit poster

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    Folks, I am trying to install Windows 7 from a flash drive into a new VM using Parallels 9. All goes smoothly until the system trys to boot Windows and I get a rundown of the "boot from" list showing that booting from a USB drive fails. Parallels initially sees the USB flash drive as containing a bootable image and I select that option, but after entering the key, it fails to install. Any suggestions?
     
    Douglas_Fifield, Nov 30, 2014
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  2. Nikhil@Parallels

    Nikhil@Parallels Parallels Support

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    Hi Douglas,

    Parallels Desktop 9 does not support installation of Windows directly from USB flash drive. So instead you can try to create an iso image file and use that iso file for Windows installation.
    -How to create iso file: http://kb.parallels.com/en/4917
    -Windows installation: http://kb.parallels.com/en/4729
    Please let us know if you have any questions.
     
    Nikhil@Parallels, Dec 6, 2014
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