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I have backed up the contents of the directory "VirtualBox VMs" and now I am trying to restore the states of my virtual machines by copying the backed up files, back.

Now when I select "Machine" -> "Add" and select the qcow file of my VM, I receive the following error:

Failed to load virtual machine located at /home/user/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu32-alt-text/ubuntu32-alt-text.qcow

Details: Cannot register the hard disk '/home/user/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu32-alt-text/ubuntu32-alt-text.qcow' {bl2b9c7d-ad2c-4e73-b9aa-f53011f200b1} because a hard disk '/home/user/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu32-alt-text/ubuntu32-alt-text.qcow' with UUID {5c90212f-fe70-4ce3-a93f-783d1e41225a}

Result Code: NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057)

I have tried running

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vboxmanage internalcommands sethduuid "home/user/VirtualBox VMs/ubuntu32-alt-text/ubuntu32-alt-text.qcow"

but I'm getting the following error:

`VBoxManage: error: Cannot set a new UUID: VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED`

How do I properly restore a VM ?

I'm runnung VirtualBox 5.0.18 on Ubuntu 16.04 (amd64).

P.S. I have created a question on AskUbuntu called 'How do I restore a Virtualbox VM from backup? (qcow)' (can't post the link), but it looks like there's noone there familiar with the problem.

It looks like you are trying to restore and it sees a conflicting name already registered.

Start the main manager and go to preferences and remove what is already there ( but do not delete )

Then use the machine add again and see if it works.

PS1: you may need to close the main manager and wait 20 seconds to be sure the VBoxsvc is stopped before starting the manager again and using the add feature.

PS2: I believe you should be selecting the *.vbox file when asked using the add feature.

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