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After you get acquainted with Virtual Machine configuration options you may use the Wizard to create special configurations.
Typical Virtual Machine includes memory, hard disk drive, floppy drive, CD/DVD-ROM, and network adapter as obligatory devices. Amount of memory and hard disk size vary for different guest OSes. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 and all of the Linux typical configurations include USB controller. Most of the typical configurations include a sound device (except FreeBSD and MS-DOS), OS/2 typical configuration includes serial port.
Look in the following table for memory amount and hard disk size provided for different guest operating systems. Virtual hard disk for typical Virtual Machine is always created in expanding format.
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Win 95 |
Win NT |
Win 2003 |
Win 3.11 |
Win others |
Linux |
FreeBSD |
OS/2 |
eCs |
DOS |
Other |
RAM, MB |
128 |
128 |
384 |
64 |
256 |
256 |
256 |
128 |
256 |
32 |
256 |
HDD, GB |
2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
To create a typical Virtual Machine:
Open the Parallels Workstation. Click 
button or select New VM in File menu. The New Virtual Machine Wizard welcomes you.
Click Next button.
On this step the first option, Create a typical VM, is selected. If you are going to create a typical Virtual Machine, nothing needs to be changed on this screen. Click Next button to go to the next step.
Here you should specify the type and the version of the guest operating system you want to install on the new Virtual Machine.
When the guest operating system is specified, click Next button.
In this last step you should define a name for the Virtual Machine and indicate in which folder on the hard disk the Virtual Machine configuration file should be stored. By default the wizard will put it into standard place with a standard name. (The default folder for Parallels Virtual Machines is specified in the Preferences/Common window.)
Enter a descriptive name for the Virtual Machine in the Virtual machine name field. The name should be no longer than 50 characters.
In the Configuration file field the default path and name for the configuration file is shown. If you do not like the default name or path you may browse your file system to locate an appropriate folder and name. You can also make changes directly in the field.
Click Finish to begin the process of creating your new Virtual Machine, or click Back to examine settings on the previous steps.
After you click Finish, the new configuration is generated and opened in the Parallels Workstation window. Property page is displayed. You may continue with installing guest operating system on the new Virtual Machine.