
Can I add a Boot Camp partition as a secondary drive in Parallels?I saw your earlier article about how to use a Boot Camp partition as the virtual machine in Parallels on my Mac (see Booting off Boot Camp in Parallels) but I don't want to risk having the same Windows install running in two different environments (Boot Camp and Parallels). Instead, is there a way that I can access my Boot Camp partition while I'm in my Parallels virtual machine? This is all getting complicated for sure! There is a way that you can set up your Boot Camp partition as a secondary IDE drive in Parallels, and I'm suspecting that's exactly what you seek. Let me step you through the surprisingly easy steps... First off, you want to start up Parallels and then use the Windows "turn off computer" feature to ensure that your virtual machine is not running. You can't just pause as changing the configuration while your VM's paused can really mess things up. Stopped? Good. Now you'll want to go to Edit --> Virtual Machine... and you'll see this: ![]() Click on "Add.." on the lower left: ![]() You want to add a Hard Disk, so make sure that's highlighted and click on "Next" to see your options: ![]() Choose "Use Boot Camp", click "Finish" on the bottom and you're done. Your configuration should show the new drive too: ![]() Now the first time you restart your virtual machine, you'll see it tell you that new hardware has been detected, an "IDE drive", and that, after a little bit of behind-the-scenes tweaking, it's ready to use. At that point you can simply go to "My Computer" and you'll see the new drive appear, like magic: ![]() That's all there is to it.
Help others find this article at Del.icio.us, Digg, Netscape, Reddit, and Simpy.
Categorized:
Mac OS X Help
, Windows Help
(Article 7272)
Tagged: boot camp, mac os x, parallels, windows xp Previous: What are Google AdSense Recent Messages all about? Next: What is the "+" plus box on some Google search results? Subscribe!
Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. I've already put Boot Camp to my Mac. Can I now put in Parallels? Posted by: Ed Miller at September 18, 2007 1:17 PMI have a lot to say, but ...
I do have a comment, now that you mention it!
|
Search
Find just the answers you seek from among our 1700+ free tech support articles by using our Lijit search engine.
Help!
Subscribe to
Ask Dave Taylor!
Free Updates!
Sign up and get free weekly updates and special offers on books, seminars, workshops and more.
Articles and Reviews
Auctions and Online Shopping Blogs and RSS Feeds Building Web site traffic Business and Management Cell Phones and Mobile Phones CGI Scripts and Web Site Programming Computer and Internet Basics d) None of the Above HTML and CSS Mac OS X Help MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Social Network Help Pay Per Click (PPC) Search Engine Optimization Shell Script Programming Sony PSP, MP3 Players, Etc. The Writing Business Unix and Linux Help Video Game Tips and Help Windows Help
Recent Entries
Join the List!
Book Links
|