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Since the base vdi remains unchanged once you create a snapshot, if you had a backup of the "Windows XP.vdi" file from anytime during the last several years after you created the snapshot, you'd still be able to recover. You don't have any backup of the file on some old drive somewhere?

rpmurray wrote:Since the base vdi remains unchanged once you create a snapshot, if you had a backup of the "Windows XP.vdi" file from anytime during the last several years after you created the snapshot, you'd still be able to recover. You don't have any backup of the file on some old drive somewhere?

Your question is essentially identical to one I posted earlier. Given the lack of response I assume the answer was no, hence my later comment about needing a better backup strategy. If I understand correctly, the backup media was on a short rotation, and they've all now been destroyed. No independant external backups.

Personally, I have no faith in automated backup methods, particularly incremental backups - I have a prejudice that when I really need them, it'll turn out they were faulty somehow. Whether or not the IT people set up those automated backups, I prefer to rely on simple manual backups of anything I would really hate to lose.

you just go to settings -> General -> Advanced Tab and get the Snapshot Folder location.
then open the "MSCRM2011_All.vbox" file from the ../shapshot folder means the parent of the snapshot folder.
open it in text file, search for ".vdi" or "location=" then you will find the location of it.

What? The OP isn't confused about the location of the VDI. The original got corrupted and he didn't have a backup. End of story.