Windows 10: Parallels

Discus and support Parallels in Windows 10 Virtualization to solve the problem; I've got a Core i7 Mac Mini, I installed Parallels on it and Windows 8.1 from Bootcamp. I installed Chrome on Parallels but would also like to try... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Virtualization' started by BillyBob, Oct 22, 2014.

  1. BillyBob Win User

    Parallels


    I've got a Core i7 Mac Mini, I installed Parallels on it and Windows 8.1 from Bootcamp. I installed Chrome on Parallels but would also like to try Windows 10 on it. Would that interfere with 8.1 or are they completely separate, does anyone know. I don't want to trash 8.1 if I can help it.

    I've already got Windows 10 running on another couple of PCs but thought I'd like to see how it goes on my little Mac.

    :)
     
    BillyBob, Oct 22, 2014
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  2. EricHosen Win User

    Every Fast-Ring update since 14251 fails INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE Bluescreen.

    FIXED!

    As an experiment, I extracted the .hds file from the parallels VM and spun it up in VirtualBox. The upgrade went perfectly, alas. It was now a Virtualbox VM. When I cloned it and brought it up in Parallels again, I got the same spinning splash screen. It
    was parallels. I upgraded from Parallels 10 to Parallels 11, and the problem is solved. I'm on 14271.
     
    EricHosen, Oct 22, 2014
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  3. Brother 5750e intellifax printer will not print with Win 10, WHY? This is supossed to be the best ever

    Printer is an older Brother 5750e parallel with a parallel to USB cable for an adapter for USB port. Brother 5750e parallel is not an option for manual printer addition,but, Brother 5750e USB is.
     
    BaffledLuddite, Oct 22, 2014
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  4. strollin Win User

    Parallels

    Parallels is a virtualization platform. You should be able to create a VM for Win 10 that is completely separate from the VM for Win 8.1 or Chrome. You may not be able to run all of them at the same time but you should be able to set them up and run them individually.
     
    strollin, Oct 22, 2014
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  5. Berton Win User
    Right, as you have noted in your use Parallels is opened first then any OS can be installed within that window. Not opening a particular OS shouldn't affect opening a different one. I have VMWare Fusion on my MacBook Pro.
     
    Berton, Oct 22, 2014
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  6. BillyBob Win User
    Thanks guys, I'll give it a go, I just want to see which runs better in a VM, 8.1 or 10.
     
    BillyBob, Oct 22, 2014
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  7. adamf Win User
    I installed TP in my bootcamp partition with no issues (upgraded 8.1 actually).

    You could install TP in parallels or (depending which partition you have space in) install it as a Hyper-V VM running under 8.1. There is a good tutorial here which will work at 8.1 as well Hyper-V virtualization - Setup and Use in Windows 10
     
    adamf, Oct 22, 2014
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  8. BillyBob Win User

    Parallels

    Hi, I've got 8.1 in Bootcamp and used that in Parallels as well, I didn't really want to risk upgrading it to 10, so I just downloaded and installed through parallels. So now I've got 8.1 in Bootcamp and 8.1, TP and Crome in Parallels, the poor little Mac is struggling a bit, but it's all working.
    I might give Hyper V a shot later, thanks for the link.
     
    BillyBob, Oct 22, 2014
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  9. strollin Win User
    I wouldn't try running Hyper-V from your TP running in Parallels. That's running a VM from within a VM. The mini would definitely struggle with that.
     
    strollin, Oct 22, 2014
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  10. BillyBob Win User
    Fair enough, the poor little thing is already struggling, but I've got a couple of other PCs I can try it on, I'm starting to like this virtualisation thing, don't know why I haven't tried it before.
     
    BillyBob, Oct 23, 2014
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  11. Kari Win User
    Just for the records, I'm running Windows XP Mode in Virtual PC on a Windows 7 Ultimate vm running in Hyper-V on Windows 10 laptop, no issues as long as the RAM is correctly assigned. I gave the Hyper-V Windows 7 vm 3 GB and from that 1 GB to XP Mode in Windows 7, leaving 3 of my total 6 GB for host itself *Smile.
     
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