Creating an Independent Snapshot

[crash2100]

When I try to create a snapshot for something, it makes me add on to what I had in the last snapshot. This typically creates a new 200MB snapshot, even if I just modified a text file in my situation. How can I create an independent snapshot?

Basically, all I'm trying to do is create a single current image of this, and once that's working correctly, I want to copy it to back it up. Is there any way to do this?

[mpack]

You can do it if you know what you are doing. You need to use the CloneVDI tool or "VBoxManage clonehd" to clone the latest snapshot file. That gives you a merged (flat) file you can more easily use as a backup.