Well, I finally got Parallels and Windows XP working. The problem was that I bought Parallels at a retail store and it seems that the version was a little outdated. After I downloaded the latest version from the Parallels website, it solved the “NTLDR is missing” error I was getting.
Everything is running really smooth, but I noticed a minor annoyance today. When running Parallels and OS X side by side (not in full screen mode), the XP window is oversized and the bottom of the window falls below the end of my screen. This makes it impossible to resize the window running the VM.
Here’s how I fixed it…
Go to the Windows desktop and right click. Choose “properties”. Then go to the “settings” tab and change the resolution to 800×600. That’s all there is to it, you should now be able to resize the XP window once again.
tags: parallels, mac, windows+xp, osx
