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vbsandiego wrote:

loukingjr wrote:not sure what you mean by "convert" but you can move a .vdi to a different controller. I don't remember if XP supports SATA but Windows 7 and up do.

Ah. I want my controller to be SATA versus IDE. I have managed to get Win7 Pro 64 bit. I'll post details later.

Can I change my controller to SATA versus IDE?

You really need to start reading the manual. But yes, just detach the .vdi from IDE and attach it to SATA.

XP does not support SATA with native drivers, but it's possible to install the Intel drivers. I'm not sure why you would bother though. The difference in a VM will be marginal - the performance of the host dominates the equation. The biggest benefit would be that you can attach more than 4 drives.

Perryg wrote:

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VBoxManage clonehd  <uuid|inutfile> <uuid|outputfile>
                    [--format VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW|<other>]
                    [--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
                    [--existing]

But it may be easier to use Dons CloneVDI Tool
The only thing is you would need to install Wine on the host since it is a Windows program

Hmmm.. Ok.

Yeah, I tried the command line and it was complaining, but now I see this:

VBoxManage clonehd Windows\ XP.vhd Windows\ XP.vdi --format vdi
0%...
10%...

I think it finished:

10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone hard disk created in format 'vdi'. UUID: 08f464cb-6ae9-4500-9598-fb352544d368