What is wrong - i hate my new macbook

maeveli · #1 March 8th, 2007, 01:17 AM

This is my first post - I am about to throw my darn macbook out the window. Why isnt my parallels working? I have successfully installed parallels (I think) but it will not read my microsoft office pro enterprise edition 2003 disk - it just keeps saying - failure on the little black screen. I have tried the ISO image thing and the cd/dvd install thing - can someone please help me? I will do bootcamp instead although i dont think i have a slipstreamed xp sp2 disk. I hate this computer

Natobasso · #2 March 8th, 2007, 01:37 AM

Have you tried using your computer just as a mac? You're going to love it that way.

Now about your Parallels issue:
http://forum.parallels.com/thread3659.html
http://www.maccast.com/2006/08/24/pa...quite-working/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Workstation

maeveli · #3 March 8th, 2007, 01:43 AM

Yeah, I like the mac operating system ok (I have an imac from a couple of years ago) but I have to run some programs in the PC set up as they are not available for mac yet. My machine isnt crashing - it just isnt loading windows at all.

ora · #4 March 8th, 2007, 01:55 AM

Well if you do have an SP2 disk, install Bootcamp, then use the latest version of parallels, which can read of your Bootcamp partition, in which case you can restart into XP to install Office. It may install more easily.

**fryke** · #5 March 8th, 2007, 05:34 AM

I had a problem with an original Windows XP SP2 installation CD installing in both Parallels/BootCamp. I made a backup copy of the disc with Toast and _that_ worked fine on both BootCamp and Parallels. I don't quite get how _that_ worked, but it did. Might be worth a try. Although if making an ISO doesn't work, it doesn't sound like burning that would...

knight885 · #6 March 8th, 2007, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by maeveli

This is my first post - I am about to throw my darn macbook out the window. Why isnt my parallels working? I have successfully installed parallels (I think) but it will not read my microsoft office pro enterprise edition 2003 disk - it just keeps saying - failure on the little black screen.

Are you trying to boot with an Office installation CD? Or have you got Windows already installed within Parallels? Office CDs aren't bootable.

Quote:

I hate this computer

The computer isn't causing the problem. I use Parallels with WindowXP, Win2K and SUSE Linux without problems.

**fryke** · #7 March 8th, 2007, 09:57 AM

Wow, I didn't even think about that. Yeah: _Is_ an operating system installed in Parallels? The black screen clearly points at that you're trying to boot from an Office CD, which quite clearly doesn't work at all: Neither on a real PC than on a Mac with BootCamp or Parallels, _unless_ you install some version of Windows supporting that particular Office version, first.

maeveli · #8 March 8th, 2007, 10:34 AM

I dont know what that means - so how do I install an operating system - what disk do I use? I really am completely clueless... so the more step-by-step the better