Greetings from Princeton, As a long-time satisfied (and impressed) VMware user, I am eager to see Parallels succeed with this VT-based Intel Macintosh version. It would be Nirvana, and they look close but not yet there. 1. I had to image (verb) my windows xp upgrade and my old version to allow for install, because reading off the physical disks failed. This was not well documented, so I will here: use osx's Disk Utility to create a new .cdr image and then change the name to .iso of both disks (for compatibility and speed). Boot with one and wait for the insert old version prompt, disconnect the image and then connect the old version .iso. Repeat to go back to the upgrade. 2. Everything looks great for a while, but after a short time of using BitComet (a bittorrent client), windows xp shows almost all disk space used (145MB left), after starting windows with about 4GB left on an 8GB expandable drive. Compacting the drive helps for a short time and shows the 4GB available. Five more minutes of downloading at 40kb/sec and the 4 GB then appear gone to xp. 3. In an effort to work around this, I created another virtual HD and connected it. xp identified it and it appears identical to the first in device manager. However, there is no drive or letter in the computer view and no drive letter at the command prompt. I am prepared to use fdisk if necessary, but I await instructions or correction in Beta4. Keep up the good work, Parallels team! Nivana is not far, and neither is your pay-off. I am concerned about VMware coming in and stealing your customers by giving away their Player for Macintosh. I respectfully suggest you address that possibility. I'm cheering for you! Please advise. fellow
Under XP you have to initilize the disk Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Manegment > Disk managment
