Free space on drive c

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orestJump
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Free space on drive c

Post by orestJump »

Hi,
in my pc windows11,
i installed VBox in drive E:, in drive c:, in user folder, there is "VIRTUALBOX VMs" folder despite i moved my VM WindowsXP and LinuxMint in drive V:.
The busy spaces in c:, e: and v: are respectively 36GB, 222MB and 26GB.
What theese folder contain? Can i free space in C drive?

Thanks in advance for your replies
scottgus1
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Re: Free space on drive c

Post by scottgus1 »

"Virtualbox VMs" is the default location for new VMs made by Virtualbox. You can set a different folder to be the new VM location by changing the folder location in the main Virtualbox window, File menu, Preferences, General, Default Machine Folder.

Changing the above folder will not move any existing VMs to that new folder. To move existing VMs, right-click the VM and choose Move. This will move the whole VM if the drive file is in its default location inside the VM folder next to the VM's .vbox file. Drive files made outside the VM folder will stay where they are. If you have any of these wandering drive files, post back.

A VM does not have to be in the default machine folder. You can put it wherever you want, if there is enough space.
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