Parallels VERY SLOW upon start up once in a while

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Parallels VERY SLOW upon start up once in a while

Once a while when I start parallels, the entire computer slows down to a crawl and is held hostage for 10-15 minutes until something "lets loose" and parallels starts up OK and frees up the rest of the computer. Any ideas? This is the original version of parallels, build 1940. Thanks!

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 16, 2009 2:11 AM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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Aug 16, 2009 4:20 AM in response to PittsburghAndy

One thing you can do is move it off of your boot drive.

I'd be surprised there isn't 'enough' free space, but free space can get highly fragmented.

Original? as in, you haven't upgraded and it may not be compatible with 10.5.8?

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Answer 2

Aug 16, 2009 2:12 AM in response to PittsburghAndy

HI,

How much free space on the startup disk?

Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 3

etresoft

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Aug 16, 2009 7:24 AM in response to PittsburghAndy

Sadly, this can be typical behavior for PCs with anti-virus software. You didn't mention how much RAM you have. You do have at least 2 GB don't you? If you only have 2 GB, you aren't running anything else with Parallels are you?

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Answer 4

Aug 15, 2010 7:21 PM in response to PittsburghAndy

Adding more memory helped.

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Answer 5

gss2

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Aug 26, 2009 5:49 PM in response to etresoft

I have the same issue. Parallels 4 crawling. I have an MBA with 2gig of memory and 60gig hard drive with 9gig free. I read the replies is the emptry disk part of the problem?

The sync to mobile me does run when it Parallels is running. Should I be quiting all other apps when i use Parallels?

This is system is unusable. Does anybody know if VMware or the Sun VB are any better.

Thanks in advance

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Answer 6

Aug 26, 2009 5:55 PM in response to etresoft

Thanks for responding. I have 3gb, and yes, I typically run several other programs at once. I don't run any anti-virus software within parallels. I am using Windows XP with parallels.

Any advice? It's making me hate Parallels and am not sure if I should pay for the upgrade if the upgrade still acts like this occasionally.

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