Vista - Blue screen of death "Unmountable_Boot_Volume" - how to boot vista?

Running Vista using parallels 6.0. Parallels mounts fine, but when I try to launch Vista I get a blue screen for a few seconds that says "UnmountableBootVolume" I have read on other help forums to clear this I will need to launch Vista from the original software disk by holding down the "R" key or "f3" or "delete" key. None of these work when trying to launch vista with the disk in the cd drive. How do I launch Vista from the original cd on a macbook pro. What is the magic key to make this happen?

Please post Parallels questions on the Parallels forums. Apple discussions only provide support for Apple products
http://forums.parallels.com

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