
248 Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide
Requirements for the Guest
Operating System
Parallels Compressor supports the following guest operating systems:
Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP0, SP1
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP0, SP1
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP0, SP1
Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition SP0, SP1
Windows XP Professional Edition SP2
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Windows 2000 Server SP4
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
In other guest operating systems we recommend using the Disk Compacting Tool. For the
description of the procedure refer to Compacting Virtual Disks (on page 244).
How to Run Parallels Compressor
Before Starting Parallels Compressor
Before starting the utility perform the following steps:
1 Back up your virtual machine by cloning it or by copying its hard disk files to a safe
location.
This will allow you to restore your virtual machine in case you do not like the results of the
compression.
Warning. The result of virtual machine compression is irreversible.
2 Make sure your virtual machine configuration includes the CD/DVD-ROM drive.
If it does not:
turn off the virtual machine,
open the Configuration Editor,
add a CD/DVD-ROM drive into the configuration. Refer to Adding New Devices to
Virtual Machine (page 189) for details,
on the CD/DVD-ROM Options tab make sure that the Enabled check box is selected.
How to Start Parallels Compressor
1 Power on the virtual machine you want to compress.
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