bad snapshot is preventing me from cloning my VM

[edwinx]

Hi,

I believe I have a bad snapshot that is preventing me from cloning my VM. I tried to delete the snapshot and when that didn't work, I then tried to clone the VM and thats when I got this error:

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Failed to clone the virtual machine SSGTS-tmp.

Could not create the clone medium 'F:\SSGTS-tmp Clone\SSGTS-tmp Clone-disk1.vhd' (VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER).

Result Code: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {ad47ad09-787b-44ab-b343-a082a3f2dfb1}

I can't remove the snapshot using the GUI and I can't clone the VM. What can I do now?

Thanks,

[edwinx]

ok, I tried using the command line to clone my VM but I got this error:

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe clonevm SSGTS-tmp --options keepdisknames --register
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR
VBoxManage.exe: error: Clone VM failed
VBoxManage.exe: error: Could not create the clone medium 'E:\VirtualBox VMs\SSGTS-tmp Clone\Snapshots\{c46ac01b-b0e2-45f6-b152-2d2635db263e}.vhd' (VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component MediumWrap, interface IMedium
VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "enum RTEXITCODE __cdecl handleCloneVM(struct HandlerArg *)" at line 609 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp

I thought by default, it would ignore the snapshot? I don't want to clone the snapshot, I want to delete it and just have the VM

[socratis]

I see both references to "E:\" and "F:\", what's going on? As a first step I need to see the "recipe" of the VM, the ".vbox" file:

1. Right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager. Select "Show in Explorer".
2. ZIP the selected ".vbox" file and attach it to your response.

[edwinx]

Hi socratis,

E:\ is the source
F:\ is where I wanted to save the clone in the first attempt.

the 2nd attempt (command line), I decided to use e:\ too , but both failed.

vbox file attached

Thanks,

[edwinx]

did the zip file provide any useful info ?