[Hidden-tech] New Parallels / Boot Camp question

[Matthew Crocker]

On Dec 4, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Judy Raphael wrote:

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> Hello Hidden Techies,
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> I do not get to read my emails in a timely fashion. The Parallels  
> discussion was at the end of October...However, I do have a  
> Parallels question:
>
> I'm running Boot Camp on my MacBookPro and think I'll switch to  
> Parallels. (Don't want to get Leopard until it's been updated a few  
> times.) My question is this: Do I need a separate partition on the  
> HD for Parallels the way I do for Boot Camp or do I install the  
> Windows software and my PC apps and docs right onto my Mac HD?

You do not need a partition.  Parallels can create a partition in a  
file on your normal Mac filesystem.  You can create multiple files and  
mount them in windows under C: D: E:...   You can also use your boot  
camp partition for the times when you want to boot WinXP natively you  
can.  I'm running Parallels on Leopard with WinXP in a file.  I'm  
thinking of switching to Bootcamp so I can boot WinXP natively  (war  
hammer online looks like it is gonna be a good game,  windows only)

> If I do not need a partition, this is my plan: I'll reformat my HD,  
> reinstall my Mac apps and docs from my backup drive and then install  
> Parallels, Windows XP and the PC docs from my backup drive. Would  
> that work?

I think you can expand your mac partition to replace your boot camp  
partition,  you could:

1) back up everything
2) repeat step 1
3) install Parallels
4) use the parallels migration tool to migrate your existing WinXP  
partition to a Mac OS X Filesystem
5) use boot camp to delete your WinXP Partition
6) expand your Mac OS X file system to your full drive.

I haven't done it this way and I don't know if #6 is only available on  
Leopard.   In theory it should work fine.


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> Judy Raphael
> HealthNHarmony
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