How to make *.vdi work correctly after manual deleting snapshots?

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Bobop
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How to make *.vdi work correctly after manual deleting snapshots?

Post by Bobop »

I just manually delete the folder with snapshots on my encripted machine stored in *.vbi file. All other files are ok.
Can I somehow make virtual machine work again or it is broken forever?
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Re: How to make *.vdi work correctly after manual deleting snapshots?

Post by socratis »

Broken forever. :?

Well, actually just the fist one, the base snapshot, will be the only one that's going to work. Read the "Snapshot basics" to understand why.
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Re: How to make *.vdi work correctly after manual deleting snapshots?

Post by mpack »

Even recovering the base VDI won't be a gimme when encryption was used. It seems that someone really hated the data in this VM.
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