Can't install Vista through Parallel

When I tried to install Vista through parallel I recieved the following error:
"This computer is not compliant with the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) standard. Windows must be installed onto a computer that supports ACPI. Contact your computer manufacturer for a BIOS update or install Windows on an ACPI-compliant computer. "
I'm a newbie!! Any suggestions

You should ask this question on the Parellels support forum:
http://forum.parallels.com
Here is a pertinent thread at those forums, albeit a year old:
http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=207&highlight=acpi

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(excuse me, I can't speak english very well, sorry if I write with faults)
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> how can i install back all the utilities and drivers that it came with?
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1st: Sorry for my bad English, I'm Hungarian, and I can speak German better.
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