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#1 2008-05-23 12:36 pm
- sundown08
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Question regarding Parellels and Windows XP
Hi Everyone:
I have a new IMAC and just love it. I had Windows XP with Parallels 3.0 down loaded into my IMAC before I received it. I am not very thrilled with Parallels. It does not interface well with the software I need to run. My questions is I want to delete both Windows XP and Parallels 3.0 from my Mac and then re-install Windows using Boot Camp. Being a newbie with Mac my question concerns deleting programs on a Mac. On a PC you have to uninstall programs using the windows uninstall program. What would be the correct procedure to use in removing XP and Parallels from my Mac.
Any help with this would be very much appreciated.
Best regards,
Steve
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#2 2008-05-23 3:02 pm
- sturner
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Re: Question regarding Parellels and Windows XP
Delete the Parallels program by dumping it into the trash and emptying.
I think that parallels has an option to delete it's virtual disk, which will delete all of the Windows items.
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#3 2008-05-23 5:08 pm
- sundown08
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Re: Question regarding Parellels and Windows XP
Hi there:
Thank you for the reply. If I do as you suggest trash the Parallels Folder will it also delete Windows XP as well so I can do a fresh install?
Thanks for the help!
Best regards,
Steve
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#4 2008-05-27 4:21 pm
- sturner
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Re: Question regarding Parellels and Windows XP
Oh, yes. Here is the thing. Deleting the Parallels program removes the Mac side program. Getting rid of the partition/virtual folder where the Windows "disk" resides gets rid of ALL of the Windows items, in total.
You would have to reinstall Parallels, or VMFusion, or run Bootcamp and then reinstall Windows, and all of your programs.
NOTE: Copy all of your data files that you want to keep BEFORE deleting the Windows virtual disk.
"There were places in the world commemorating those times when wizards hadn't been quite as clever [as to refrain from doing magic when you knew how easy it was], and on many of them the grass would never grow again." Terry Prachett
There are 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
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