Migrating Windows XP VM from Parallels Desktop 5

[NixForce]

Here is one way to import a Windows XP VM from Parallels Desktop 5 into VirtualBox (3.2.4 under Mac OS X Snow Leopard):

0. Download and install a trial copy of VMware Fusion and import the Parallels Windows XP VM.

1. Download and install the VMware OVF Tool <http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/>.

2. Run `/path/to/ovftool /path/to/<Windows-XP-VMware-VM>.vmware/<Windows-XP-VMware-VM>.vmx /path/to/WinXPOVF.ovf'

3. Try importing the OVF into VirtualBox at this point. If it fails, go to step 4.

4. If the failure results in an error about "Unknown resource type 1", open WinXPOVF.ovf in a a text editor, search for "<rasd:ResourceType>1</rasd:ResourceType>" and replace the 1 with a 35 ONLY IF there is a "<rasd:Description>Sound Card</rasd:Description>" within the <item> block that has "<rasd:ResourceType>1</rasd:ResourceType>". Otherwise post the error here, and someone might be able to help (or you can try a fix yourself using http://www.virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trun ... reader.cpp as a reference.)

5. After modifying the WinXPOVF.ovf file in a text editor, save it, and then calculate the SHA-1 checksum of the file (you can run `shasum WinXPOVF.ovf' in the terminal.)

6. Open WinXPOVF.mf (located in the same directory as WinXPOVF.ovf) in a text editor, change the SHA-1 checksum corresponding to the WinXPOVF.ovf to the one found in step 5, and save the file.

7. Retry importing WinXPOVF.ovf in VirtualBox again.

Note: You may have to re-activate Windows upon importing the VM into VirtualBox.

[ChipMcK]

You might browse http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32270 on VMware Fusion to VBox experience