How to run Linked Clone without parent machine ?

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djhoangwar
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How to run Linked Clone without parent machine ?

Post by djhoangwar »

Hi
I have a Linked Clone vm with the files :

folder : xp Clone have 2 this files and 1 folder snapshots (have a vdi file)
+ xp Clone.vbox
+ xp Clone.vbox-prev
+ Snapshots : + {984c033c-d32b-4d6b-8b2e-394f67f9425d}.vdi

I have lost the parent xp which clone to xp Clone

So anyone know how to run this linked clone without parent machine ? Sory my english not good hope u can undertand ^^
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Re: How to run Linked Clone without parent machine ?

Post by loukingjr »

I'm fairly certain you can't run the VM without the original VM. If you have a Time Machine backup you could restore the original VM. But that's about it.
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