How to clone a VM

[jvsrvcs]

I want to take an existing VM on my C:\ drive and clone it, but specify the E:\ drive. How can this accomplished?

[BillG]

If you are running the latest version of VirtualBox you go to the VirtualBox Manager, right-click on your vm and select the Clone option from the list.

[jvsrvcs]

This does not work. There is no option to clone the VM and specify a location. I am on the latest version of VirtualBox (4.8.x). Maybe you are talking about another virtualization product than VirtualBox?

[FrodoHobbits]

Click on "Machine" and you will find it listed there.

[mpack]

The new clone folder will be created in whatever place is selected in File|Preferences|General|Default Machine Path.

[jvsrvcs]

I tried this , but the new VM on the E:\ drive will not start.

I ran out of disk space on my C: drive, purchased a large 3TB drive (E:) for additional VM's, but so far have not found a single way to use virtual box on the E: drive

I cannot:
1. Copy or Move any existing VM's with their snapshots to the E:\ drive and start it up
2. Clone an existing VM and set the destination as the E:\ drive and start it up

If there is any solution at all out there for relocating a VM to a different drive (on the same machine or another machine) with virtual box, please let me know.

[mpack]

If you read the entire above thread carefully, and do what it says, then cloning will work.