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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

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.

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

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.

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

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