Unable to restore snapshot - references a removed VHD

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SBIKevin
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Unable to restore snapshot - references a removed VHD

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I'm running Virtualbox 4.3.16r95972 on Windows 7 Pro SP1 host

I have a Win 7 Pro VM guest that won't revert to a particular snapshot with error "Failed to restore the snapshot "Operational 11 Sept 2014 of the virtual machine Win7 Lab 1" Could not open the medium 'D:\Restore\SRV_E-Converted.vhd'. VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file …".

The message is right in that the VHD was deleted from the system and no longer exists. I don't need the VHD either. I just would like to be able to restore the snapshot without it.

I tried to remove instances of the UUID from the VM's .vbox XML file (I read some details on another forum post) but the entries always reappeared when I started Virtualbox, regardless of having all the vbox processes closed and any services stopped.

Thanks in advance. I appreciate your help!
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