Ik probeer in Parallels Desktop mijn installatie van Windows 2000 SP-4 te upgraden met een zojuist aangeschafte upgrade-dvd van Windows Vista Business.

De installatie breekt al snel af met de melding dat mijn computer, een gloednieuwe MacBook 2Ghz, geen ACPI ondersteunt.

Wie weet hier raad? Op het forum van Parallels gaan ze ervan uit dat je vanuit Windows XP upgradet, maar ik probeer dat dus vanuit Windows 2000.

Heb je gebruik gemaakt van de menukeuze "Prepare for Windows Vista Upgrade" in menu "Actions"?

Zie handleiding Parallels Desktop User Guide For Mac, pagina 77

Upgrading Windows XP to Vista

If you already have a Windows XP (Home or Professional edition) virtual machine you can "upgrade-in-place" the operating system to one of supported Windows Vista. Please check the Microsoft web site to learn if such upgrade path officially exists. During such upgrade-in-place only the operating system will be affected, and you won't need to re-install the applications in the virtual machine.

To upgrade Windows XP virtual machine

1 Shut down the guest operating system by using the Windows Start menu.
2 Insert the Windows Vista upgrade disc.
3 Choose Prepare for Windows Vista Upgrade command from the Actions menu.
4 When the necessary preparations are complete, the virtual machine will be started automatically.
5 The upgrade to Windows Vista starts. Follow the on-screen instructions.

You can perform the Prepare for Windows Vista Upgrade operation before you actually start upgrading your Windows XP virtual machine, and you can continue working with Windows XP. If eventually you decide not to upgrade to Windows Vista, you can change the value Vista in the OS version field back to Windows XP using the Configuration Editor, Options -> General Options tab.

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(Bewerkt door Paul Sondervan om 8:12, 28-06-2007)