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Running Windows on your Mac
Checking file system on C
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 883056" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>If you're using the Boot Camp partition as a VM in Parallels, this can happen. Both Parallels and Fusion will sometimes cause corruption to the XP boot sector when the Boot Camp partition is selected to run as a VM.</p><p></p><p>If you're going to run XP on your MacBook, either run it from a Boot Camp partition or from a VM but not both. I know it's convenient sometimes to be able to run it both ways, but eventually corruption occurs.</p><p></p><p>This does not happen running Vista or Windows 7 as they use a different boot sector scheme which is not easily corrupted.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 883056, member: 46727"] If you're using the Boot Camp partition as a VM in Parallels, this can happen. Both Parallels and Fusion will sometimes cause corruption to the XP boot sector when the Boot Camp partition is selected to run as a VM. If you're going to run XP on your MacBook, either run it from a Boot Camp partition or from a VM but not both. I know it's convenient sometimes to be able to run it both ways, but eventually corruption occurs. This does not happen running Vista or Windows 7 as they use a different boot sector scheme which is not easily corrupted. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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