load an existing virtualmachine

[ruben_hood]

hi. i created some virtualmachines, and i installed again the OS.

so now the virtualmachines are not in the list but they exist.

is there any way to load them to the list again? thanks

[Perryg]

If there are no snapshots, you can create a new VM and instead of creating a new HDD you attach the original *.vdi file.
You need to try to keep the settings as close as you can to the original.

[ruben_hood]

but i do not want to create a new virtual machine cause it already exists.

i do not want to create a new virtual machine that gives me new mac adress.

i only want to add them to the list

[BillG]

I had that problem with one vm in 4.0.0 . It was missing from the GUI list. I tried to re-create it using the same .vdi file but got an error that it already existed.

I searched the file system and fould the .vbox file for it and stated it from there. This automatically adds it to the list in the GUI.

[ruben_hood]

thanks. but i created the vm with version 3.2.8, and there is no .vbox file...

[Perryg]

Did you make a backup of the .VirtualBox.xml and also the machine xml file?
If you look in the machine xml file you should see the MAC address.
Create a new VM attach the vdi and *BEFORE* you start it edit the MAC information and put in the original.

There really is no other reliable way to install this back with versions previous 4.0.0