Is this the right way to backup my virtual OS

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wfz
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Is this the right way to backup my virtual OS

Post by wfz »

I use Virtualbox to test application. I thought if I copy all the files inside .VirtualBox folder to another drive and I can get a fresh copy of Windows XP by replacing the old one with the backup copy.

I recently did that and found the replacement does not run smoothly with many crashes to VirtualBox or frequent freeze running Internet explorer.

Is this the problem with the new version or I didn't backup my OS the right way?

Thanks for the help,
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Post by Sasquatch »

For backingup the whole .VirtualBox folder is about as thoughrough you can go. It will take all VMs, settings and shapshots. Restoring it should be no problem too. But it might have been corrupted somehow, or the access to the files changed a bit. Are there any differences between the backup and the current VMs, like newer version?
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