Windows 7 VM freezing on install

[MacModMachine]

hi guys, i received my windows 7 pro copy today

when i try to install it it seems to lock up my air solid as a rock have to reboot to get it back.

anyone else experience this....?

thanks

 

[ayeying]

Where does it exactly "lock" up. It does take forever for the beginning "Extracting Files"

 

[MacModMachine]

Where does it exactly "lock" up. It does take forever for the beginning "Extracting Files"

it locks up n extracting files....like the writes are locking the drive...but nothing works....left it for 2 hours and it did nothing.

this is on both paralells and fusion.

 

[ayeying]

it locks up n extracting files....like the writes are locking the drive...but nothing works....left it for 2 hours and it did nothing.

this is on both paralells and fusion.

Whats the configuration on Parallels and/or Fusion?

 

[MacModMachine]

1gb ram / 40gb hdd / external usb with win7 disc

1 core.

my windows 7 is 64bit version

 

[ayeying]

1gb ram / 40gb hdd / external usb with win7 disc

1 core.

my windows 7 is 64bit version

Okay, here's a suggestion that might or might not make any real difference.

Set the allocated ram to 512MB (you can always allocate more later). Using the external USB drive, create a CDR via Disk Utility of the Windows 7 disk. Afterwards, point Parallels or VMWare Fusion to the CDR file instead of using an actual drive. Try reinstalling again.

I know the "Extracting files" does take a while, it took me ~15 minutes via Boot Camp.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Okay, here's a suggestion that might or might not make any real difference.

Set the allocated ram to 512MB (you can always allocate more later). Using the external USB drive, create a CDR via Disk Utility of the Windows 7 disk. Afterwards, point Parallels or VMWare Fusion to the CDR file instead of using an actual drive. Try reinstalling again.

I know the "Extracting files" does take a while, it took me ~15 minutes via Boot Camp.

I installed Windows 7 pro on my MBP and actually made the ram the max but kept the drive size low (default) and it installed pretty easily. It actually works which I found amazing. Using the latest Fusion and installing as a Vista OS choice. I was actually expecting more problems. I did try to install Vista after it first came out in the first version of Fusion and it blew up with a lot of video crashes and was slow. Now, not so bad. Usable...Well, as usable as Windows on a MBP could be.

 

[ayeying]

Oh right.. you're using VMWare Fusion 2.0.6 probably... my bad, I'm in their beta program so I've been using 3.0 for a while now. Yeah, I agree with PinkyMacGodess. Try choosing Windows Vista x64 or Windows Server 2008 x64 and continue on.

 

[MacModMachine]

making a iso of the dvd worked for me.

thanks alot !

weird it wont load from cd......

oh well....!