Parallels not accessible after upgrade to Snow Leopard

xinelo · xinelo #1 (**permalink**)

03-03-2010, 02:27 PM

Dear all,

Could somebody help?

I have a Windows virtual machine installed with Parallels Desktop 2.5. Now I've upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard and now I can't run Parallels any more.

Is there anything I can do, at least to recover the data that I had in the virtual machine?

Thanks a lot, xinelo

Wilburmac · Wilburmac #2 (**permalink**)

03-04-2010, 10:15 PM

Parallels 4 or 5 is required to run under snow leopard. Once you upgrade to Parallels 4 or 5, when you first open the virtual machine it will convert the VM to a new format. Double check on the Parallels web site to see if there are specific instructions for going from 2.5 to 4 (or better yet, to 5).

I know that the process was quite painless for us going from Parallels 3 to Parallels 5 and well worth it...5 is the best yet in my opinion

wilbur

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xinelo #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 03, 2007 Location: Barcelona Posts: 24 Mac Specs: MacBook Intel 2 Core Duo	03-03-2010, 02:27 PM Dear all, Could somebody help? I have a Windows virtual machine installed with Parallels Desktop 2.5. Now I've upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard and now I can't run Parallels any more. Is there anything I can do, at least to recover the data that I had in the virtual machine? Thanks a lot, xinelo
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Wilburmac #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 20, 2009 Posts: 10	03-04-2010, 10:15 PM Parallels 4 or 5 is required to run under snow leopard. Once you upgrade to Parallels 4 or 5, when you first open the virtual machine it will convert the VM to a new format. Double check on the Parallels web site to see if there are specific instructions for going from 2.5 to 4 (or better yet, to 5). I know that the process was quite painless for us going from Parallels 3 to Parallels 5 and well worth it...5 is the best yet in my opinion wilbur
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