How to start to recovery mode in a Mac OS X VM in Parallels?
I've found a way:


Enable Select boot device at startup in the virtual machine





After the startup of the VM press any key to enter the boot device menu





Select Boot Maintenance Manager





Select Boot from file





Search your recovery volume (usually it's the 2nd one listed)





Select com.apple.recovery.boot





Select boot efi





Recovery mode:




In Yosemite the mouse acts flaky though and i can't hoover the mouse over the menubar (e.g. to start /Utilities/Terminal) - it immediately jumps to the framing window. Menu navigation with CtrlF2 to circumvent this malfunction doesn't work.  

In Mavericks everything seems to work bug-free.

**Addendum: You may access the menubar with your pointer after enabling FileVault 2 on the VM's system drive. **