No Parallels-Installation of Windows XP OEM DVD

I have a Windows XP OEM Version Recovery DVD and Parallels tell me "No System Disk", if I try to install this Windows with Parallels.

Greetings
ruinos

 

Hello,

Windows XP OEM is a recovery disk, i.e. you cannot install an Operating System using it.

Best regards,
Stacey

 

with this Recovery Disk I can install Windows XP on every Windows-PC, but not over Parallels on an Mac... Why?

Best regards
ruinos

 

Parallels doesn't work properly with OEM disks, in fact I don't think they technically should work... But anyways, you can try slipstreaming a disk, it's not THAT hard.

 

Hello,

ruinos,
as far as I know OEM Recovery Disk can be used only if you have a preinstalled version of Windows on your hardware.
Or do you have another type of OEM disk?

Best regards,
Stacey

 

The fact that it is called a "recovery" disc indicates it belongs to a different system.

OEM is just the type of license.

You can install windows from a OEM normal licensed Windows disc. (if its legal is a diff story).

Recovery is always linked to hardware in some way (be it through drivers or checks etc...)

I don't know what Parallels searches for exactly but usually a windows installation disc has a I386 dir which contains the installation files. This should be in the root of the disc and accessible. Slipstreaming is one way to get it to work. Getting a different disc (and license) might be the more sensible thing.

Cheerz,

Thomas

 

I was wondering the same thing... I have this computer that has windows 95, and i had the recovery disk... as far as i know... it should work as a clean installation.. but like mine, its a HP recovery multi-purpose disk, so... when it installs it will be setup thinking its an HP (with the HP programs and their background on it...) I am going to try and install it on windows virtual PC, then bring it over to my mac...