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Cannot Import existing .VHD
Posted: 16. May 2022, 18:08
by Mike Sr
Some time ago I had several .VHD files. Somehow they were separated from their .vbox files and I really don't want to have to recreate them from scratch.
The existing import function in 6.1 does not support .vhd files.
Nor, have I found a way to create a virtual box and use an existing .VHD file.
Re: Cannot Import existing .VHD
Posted: 16. May 2022, 18:14
by mpack
Mike Sr wrote:
The existing import function in 6.1 does not support .vhd files.
Naturally. A VHD is a disk image, not a VM.
The only way to use a pre-existing VHD is to create a VM then mount the VHD in the virtual disk controller. If the disk is bootable, and stand alone, and you get the PC specification close enough, and the disk was not encrypted, then the VM should boot.
You'll have to guess at the specs of the PC which the VHD needs. Failure will prevent booting, even success may involve loss of activation of any software on the disk because certain hardware serial numbers changed. It would have been better to properly export (or simply copy, if VirtualBox) the original VM instead of copying bare disk images around.