Snapshots files

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Vexator
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Primary OS: MS Windows XP
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Snapshots files

Post by Vexator »

Welcome.

i have w question, my virtual machine don't have any snapshots, but there's a many *.vdi files in snapshots directory. if I'll copy my main VDI file i can not use it on other host without that files.

how can i make one file from all that files?
my guest system have 6,8GB one my vdi file have same size, but i have to use all 11GB of files
MarkCranness
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Re: Snapshots files

Post by MarkCranness »

You should be able to use these instructions: http://forum.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.p ... 206p106206 to create a flattened clone of your VM hard disk that includes the VDI files, and then use that clone in place of your existing hard disk and delete the others.
... Find the 'Current State' of the VM, which will be the VDI file that shows as 'Attached to:' the VM name without any (snapshot name) in brackets after it (see the link above for what that means).
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