Parallels 9 not installing from Win 7 iso or usb

Selecting "Connect ISO" on the CD icon let my company's ISO build start to work! I've been banging my head against a wall trying to get the image to be recognized. This needs to be some kind of alternative since it's DEFINITELY not discoverable in trying to get the new VM created.

Now I just have to get our IT people to make an ISO build looking for "Parallels Virtual Machine" so their scripts will actually work, but it's not a Parallels problem any more

Thanks
Darryl

 

Hi bhorv1967,

Parallels Desktop may fail to detect some operating systems. If this happens but you're sure that the operating system can be installed, click Continue, specify the OS type manually (if it's not listed, choose Other), and follow the onscreen instructions.

More information available at: http://download.parallels.com/desktop/v9/ga/docs/pt_BR/Parallels Desktop User's Guide/32731.htm

Thanks,
Looran

 

I run into a similar problem while trying out "http://www.partition-recovery.com/" and its "pr.iso". I managed to boot from the ISO after I set the CD/DVD-ROM to "IDE 0:0". It originally was on "SATA 0:2" and it was not booting from that.

 

Unbelievable. I, a microsoft tech and a parallels tech could not do it. At the end of my wits.

 

Hello agassanti

We have found your support ticket and we will be getting in touch with you via shortly.

 

I havent created a ticket yet, but whats the status on this and mavericks? This is important for all the users who dont have an actual disk. I havent yet repurchased parallels for my new mac, and if this isnt working it will hold of the purchase. (I have used parallels on previous versions of OSX without any issues before)

 

I have now installed parallel on my new mac mini, and experiencing the same problem.

If this persists, and we get no definitive answer, i will be demanding my money back.

 

Hi Kenji,

Please submit a Support Ticket at https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/support/request/ so we can help you.

 

I had the exact issue that bhorv1967 described and can emphasize his assumption that .iso don't get recognized.

MY SOLUTION: I used a .cdr that I originally created from my Windows CD instead of the .iso

 

Hi @neophyte226, did you try this article?

 

Read through this entire thread and the same exact things are happening to me with installing Windows 10 with Parallels 11. I've also tried all of the recommended fixes in the thread and none of them work. Additionally, I've formatted my USB drive (with the ISO file on it) to FAT32 and HSF+ and it didn't matter. It simply won't recognize the ISO file whether it's on my USB drive or somewhere on my computer.

 

I did try that. Since the OS is free with my school I worked around the issue by downloading the Windows Server 2016 ISO file and Parallels recognized that one. Still wanting to install Windows 10, I deleted the Windows 10 ISO file on my computer and re-downloaded it from my school. The new downloaded file was still not recognized (hence the first file was not corrupted). I just decided to install the Windows Server 2016 ISO (while it was on my computer, not USB drive, fyi) and it worked. Note that the Windows 10 file was of type "en_windows_10_iot_core_for_minnowboard_max_x86_dvd_6856744.iso". Now sure if this variant on the version is what's causing the problem but I'm listing it if anyone else has the problem with this same exact type of install file.

 

Selecting the ISO as the source for the CD/DVD on the VM configuration page solved this problem for me!