Parallels 5 with W7 on a 2nd partition
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From: Jolly Roger on 7 May 2010 10:24 In article <33e3161b-ce45-4ea8-86da-c9ea83f9e1cd(a)31g2000prc.googlegroups.com>, Jack Shown <jackshown(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I purchased two Mac minis each with a 320-GB HD for two users. Not > having used Parallels on anything besides a single partition and not > much at that, I am curious as to how I should partition the disks. It > is unlikely that either user will have that much Windows software > since we are a Mac shop so the W7 partition does not have to > accommodate that much software. However, some growth can always be > anticipated. I am leaning towards 200-GB for OSX and 120-GB for the > W7. Does this sound like a good plan? Thanks for any info that I may > not be taking into consideration. > > One other thing -- does Parallels set up printing automatically for > Windows 7 or must it be configured on your own. If so, is there a > website that discusses how to accomplish this. I googled and went to > the support site on parallels.com but have not had much luck. > > Thanks. > > Jack Why partition at all? Why not use a virtual hard disk file instead? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |