New MAC user-How to partition my MAC HD for Paraellels

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Hey all -yes I have come to the good side but I still need to install Paraellels -since most of my programs right now are windows. SOrry

I have Paraellels installed but how do I tell Paraellels how much space to use the mac HD for windows --I wanna use 15gb for windows --SHould I have partitioned the MAC HD for 15gb to install windows on-

Im on Paraellels now and its asking me to insert eh windows disk but i dont wanna install anything if i need to go back and do something.

Matt

 

Don't make partitions on your mac

unless you want the wobbly Bootcamp in perpetual beta and unsupported by apple.

the thing with the Mac is to use defaults unless you have a good reason to change

KISS
Keep It Simple (Stupid - are you if you don't)

I bought a mac in 1995 or so because I refused to learn DOS

Hugh W

 

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Funny, I didn't see any mention of Linux in your post.
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Increase the size of an existing hard disk image

Can anyone help me increase the size of my virtual hard disk from 8 gig to 100 gig. When I try, I cannot increase the gigabyte size of my virtual hard disk. When I get to the source hard disk image where I am asked to specify its new size, in the window asking for the "Source Disk Image," it will not accept the suggested file location which in my case is: /users/judgebianchini/disk1.hdd. When I click on next, I get the dialog box that says: "The name of the hard disk file /users/judgebianchini/disk1.hdd is not valid as it refers to the existing folder object. Please specify another name for the image file." I have tried creating a new image file, but that does not work either. Please help me quickly, as I need to increase the size of my virtual hard disk to 100 gigs.

Thanks in advance,

Vic

 

That's funny. Bootcamp has been bulletproof for me for a year, and I'm constantly switching back and forth (I'm a Windows developer), so it gets a lot of exercise.

Did you actually have a bad experience, or were you just spouting crap for the sake of it?

 

Vic, please read this thread

 

Matt,

By default, Parallels will create a 32GB hard drive for Windows.