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    Macbook Parallels Woes

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by I pass on Vista, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. I pass on Vista

    I pass on Vista Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I got my Macbook roughly one month ago and I'm really enjoying the improved performance over my Ibook. I got parallels pre installed from Macmall and it came with Parallels working fine with XP. But yesterday I was booting up XP when I got this message

    "Virtual machine cannot be started because of the following problem:

    Parallels Desktop is unable to access the virtual hard disk image file /Users/user/Documents/Parallels/Microsoft Windows XP/winxp.hdd. The file is used by other application."

    What is wrong and how can I fix it?

    Thanks
     
    I pass on Vista, Jan 19, 2008
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  2. sulkorp

    sulkorp Notebook Deity

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    when i had a problem like this before, I think it was basically the fact that another program was using that file.

    So try quitting all of the programs open, and see if it helps.
     
    sulkorp, Jan 19, 2008
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  3. I pass on Vista

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    Thats the thing, No other program is in use besides Finder itself. I used activity monitor to make sure. I've also restarted my comp and zapped the PRAM just incase. Any help?
     
    I pass on Vista, Jan 19, 2008
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  4. thnksfrthmmrs

    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    Did Mac Mall give you a disc so that you can reinstall Parallels? Hmmm Mac Mall... suspicious.
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Jan 19, 2008
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  5. I pass on Vista

    I pass on Vista Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, they gave me a Parallels Disc along with Windows XP.
     
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    lwrsbtr Newbie

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    I am having the same problem, anyone know the solution to this problem?
     
    lwrsbtr, Apr 21, 2008
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  7. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Try this:
    Copy the WinXP hdd to a same location.
    Copy it to the original location, deleting the one that's there.
    Try it now.
     
    Thomas, Apr 21, 2008
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