
Using Boot Camp Windows Partition 267
(For advanced users only). The current version of Parallels Desktop for Mac now
experimentally supports so-called Parallels custom configurations. A custom configuration
allows using several hard disk partitions (grouped as "Custom Boot Camp disks") and can be
created manually by editing any virtual machine's configuration file. For more information
please refer to Parallels Knowledge Base:
http://kb.parallels.com/entry/27/472/.
Limitations for Parallels virtual machines using Boot Camp partition
Parallels virtual machine using Boot Camp Windows partition either as a bootable volume or as
a data disk has a number of limitations:
1 It cannot be suspended or paused.
2 Such a virtual machine cannot have snapshots, and the Undo disks feature cannot be enabled
for it.
3 Compression or compacting cannot be performed for the Windows on the Boot Camp
partition.
Creating a Virtual Machine for Boot
Camp
To create a new virtual machine for using Boot Camp Windows XP/SP2 or Windows Vista
partition do the following.
1 Boot into Mac OS X.
2 Open Parallels Desktop, select New.
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