Moved vm folder. everything broke

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Valkgideon
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Moved vm folder. everything broke

Post by Valkgideon »

I was running out of disk space so I decided to move my vm folder to my other drive. However I cant get my VM's to work anymore. I changed the folder location in VB but I cant start the VMs. Can anyone help me? I have a lot of school work on those vm's I still have a copy of the entire folder but I just need to get it working again. Not sure where to post this.
mpack
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Re: Moved vm folder. everything broke

Post by mpack »

Rename the "folder location" back to what it was.

Then read Howto: Move a VM.
Valkgideon
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Re: Moved vm folder. everything broke

Post by Valkgideon »

Thanks!! I got it working again :D
mpack
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Re: Moved vm folder. everything broke

Post by mpack »

You're welcome. Thanks for reporting back.
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