VHD vs VDI which is preferable

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MacNala
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VHD vs VDI which is preferable

Post by MacNala »

I have discovered that I have some virtual disks in the .vhd format. While they work they appear to have been located in a different folder.
Should I be worried about the type as I am never going to use the disks in a real machine which I understand would need the .vhd type?
Is there an easy way to convert .vhd to .vdi?
Hobby_boy
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Re: VHD vs VDI which is preferable

Post by Hobby_boy »

There shouldn't be any issues with having VHD hard disks as well as VDIs, VirtualBox is compatible with both of them. VDIs are the format that Virtualbox creates by default, while VHDs are the format that Microsoft Virtual PC creates.
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Re: VHD vs VDI which is preferable

Post by Perryg »

There is a down side to using vhd. Yes it is supported but the container is fragile. Should you have a power issue or something causes the guest to hiccup, you will loose the guest that is vhd.
Windows users find CloneVDI Tool to be the easiest to use to create a vdi clone of the original vhd guest
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