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I have Win7 Pro running via Parallels, and it's set up to my liking. I don't want to have to delete it. Is there any way I can move it to a Bootcamp partition so I don't have to reinstall everything? I wold like the option to boot to Windows or use it while still running Lion. I really don't want to reinstall all my Windows files of the os itself if possible.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
There are PC tools to do "virtual to physical" but you should be asking Parallels. And there are tools to convert from Windows VHD to and from other VMs.
My advice: get ready to bite the bullet.
Once you have it installed and running natively, and that is best way to setup for use by Parallels so you can dual boot and have access as a Guest OS, you'll be fine.
Backup data, hidden folders, but a redo unless Parallels has tools, and my guess is looking in the $100 range and require on PC to have 2nd Windows OS to work in.
Thanks for the reply! Parallels says it is a question for Apple to answer. Parallels doesn't support Bootcamp so they can't help. Just to be clear about your 4th paragraph, what 2nd Windows os? I just want to move my existing win os to bootcamp.
That is just so much you know what, too.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=move+parallels+to+boot+camp
There are some links from the above search.
Moving and cloning Windows like I said, P2V and such, require having Windows already running natively.
But there are tools for VMware and Parallels to/from Virtualbox and others
I actually did do this once about a year ago successfully. Startup your VM and use the builtin Windows backup to make an image to an dexternal USB drive or to a drive on your Mac. Once done your can simply restart using the Windows CD and chose to restaore from an image file to the Bootcamp partition. May take some time but it worked for me.
Could you explain further how you did this?
Move Win 7 in Parallels to Bootcamp.
