accidentally deleted .vdi file - i have a snapshot

Discussions related to using VirtualBox on Windows hosts.
Post Reply
getouttathere
Posts: 1
Joined: 26. Apr 2015, 20:31

accidentally deleted .vdi file - i have a snapshot

Post by getouttathere »

hi :(

i am shift deleted guest system's storage .vdi file. tried recuva and rstudio but can't recovered the .vdi. i have all of guest's files except storage vdi. could i recover my files with new guest from snapshot? or what you prefer? i need only one file..
mpack
Site Moderator
Posts: 39134
Joined: 4. Sep 2008, 17:09
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Mostly XP

Re: accidentally deleted .vdi file - i have a snapshot

Post by mpack »

Snapshots are patch files. If you don't have the base file to be patched then the snapshot is not useful.

The only thing that would be useful is a backup, taken any time after the first snapshot was created.
Post Reply