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    Confused about Parallels & Boot Camp

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by WillEat4F00d, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. WillEat4F00d

    WillEat4F00d Notebook Enthusiast

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    Some how, I ended up installing Windows XP twice, once for Parallels, and once for Boot Camp. When I open Parallels now, there are two choices, "Microsoft Windows XP" and "My Boot Camp". When I use "My Boot Camp", it seems just like how it would if I would use Boot Camp normally (ie. having the same files like booting up from Boot Camp). When I use "Microsoft Windows XP", it looks like a fresh install with nothing there.

    My question is was I supposed to install Windows XP twice? How do I delete the "Microsoft Windows XP" in Parallels? Will everything I do in Boot Camp be affect like in the "My Boot Camp" in Parallels and vice versa?

    Thanks.
     
    WillEat4F00d, Jan 13, 2009
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  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    you did not need to install xp twice.

    the answers to the other questions are as you would expect
     
    masterchef341, Jan 13, 2009
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  3. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    You have 2 completely different installs that don't speak or see each other so get rid of one.
    The best would be to remove the parallels XP install you did thru parallels. you can then just use the boot camp partition for both.
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    Underpantman, Jan 14, 2009
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  4. insats

    insats Notebook Consultant

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    I did exactly the same thing, but after installing my boot camp XP, I changed the hard drive on my original "parallels only XP" to use the boot camp partition instead. It works good so far.

    However, if you want XP in parallels to use IE 6.0 for example (to check web compability), remember that the boot camp XP through parallels boots slower, and is a lot more sensitive to shut downs.
     
    insats, Jan 14, 2009
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