Importing Physical Computers and Virtual Machines

Apart from creating a new virtual machine from scratch with the help of New Virtual Machine Assistant ( New Virtual Machine Assistant , New Virtual Machine Assistant ) , you can create it through migration using Parallels Transporter.

Parallels Transporter enables you to migrate selected volumes or the whole of a physical computer or a VMware, Microsoft Virtual PC, and VirtualBox virtual machine into a Parallels virtual machine or Parallels virtual disk. Depending on what kind of computer you want to migrate, you can choose among several migration scenarios. For the detailed description and functions of these scenarios, refer to Using Parallels Transporter or to Parallels Transporter User's Guide.

To create a new virtual machine through migration:

1. Launch Parallels Desktop.
2. From the File menu of Parallels Desktop, choose Import . Parallels Transporter opens.

   Note: You can also open Parallels Transporter from the following location: / Applications/Parallels .

3. Follow the assistant's instructions. It will help you choose the migration scenario and will guide you through the migration process.