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<blockquote data-quote="kaidomac" data-source="post: 401990" data-attributes="member: 15110">Firewire is typically faster and more stable than USB in real-life situations.&nbsp; For loading a virtual machine file, it probably won't make much difference unless your virtual hard drive is really large.&nbsp; Can you tell us more about your machine?&nbsp; Do you have a PowerPC or Intel Mac?&nbsp; Desktop or laptop?&nbsp; Do you want the external drive to be portable (i.e. bus-powered instead of A/C powered)?&nbsp; What kind of capacity do you want?&nbsp; I can make a recommendation based on your setup and requirements.&nbsp; At any rate, all you'll have to do is copy the folder of the virtual machine you want over to your external hard drive.&nbsp; The path is as follows:&quot;Your Username&quot; &gt; Library &gt; Parallels &gt; &quot;Name of Virtual Machine&quot;Just open up Finder, click your username on the left pane, then click on the Library and then the Parallels folder.&nbsp; Within the Parallels folder will be all of your virtual machines.&nbsp; If you only have one virtual machine and you installed XP, by default the folder name will be &quot;Windows XP&quot;.&nbsp; Simply copy that over to an external drive and run it from there.&nbsp; You'll want to click on the .pvs file to launch the virtual machine (such as &quot;winxp.pvs&quot;).&nbsp; There will be some other files and folders in there (the .hdd file, plus a Windows Applications folder if you use the Coherance feature), so make sure you copy the whole folder to your external drive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kaidomac, post: 401990, member: 15110"] Firewire is typically faster and more stable than USB in real-life situations. For loading a virtual machine file, it probably won't make much difference unless your virtual hard drive is really large. Can you tell us more about your machine? Do you have a PowerPC or Intel Mac? Desktop or laptop? Do you want the external drive to be portable (i.e. bus-powered instead of A/C powered)? What kind of capacity do you want? I can make a recommendation based on your setup and requirements. At any rate, all you'll have to do is copy the folder of the virtual machine you want over to your external hard drive. The path is as follows: "Your Username" > Library > Parallels > "Name of Virtual Machine" Just open up Finder, click your username on the left pane, then click on the Library and then the Parallels folder. Within the Parallels folder will be all of your virtual machines. If you only have one virtual machine and you installed XP, by default the folder name will be "Windows XP". Simply copy that over to an external drive and run it from there. You'll want to click on the .pvs file to launch the virtual machine (such as "winxp.pvs"). There will be some other files and folders in there (the .hdd file, plus a Windows Applications folder if you use the Coherance feature), so make sure you copy the whole folder to your external drive. [/QUOTE]

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