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Hi there
Maybe some of you already heard of this one but anyways here goes:
VMware allready have the functionality to clone a HDD through the graphical interface (be it in VMware Player, Workstation...). In VirtualBox you still had use the command prompt... until support was added in version 4.1.
CloneVDI is a standalone program that does the same but wit some extra features. I used it and it does the job pretty well with good speed. The UUID of the disk can be automatically generated (no more errors due to use of manually duplicated disks).
CloneVDI converts VHD's VMDK's VDI's to VDI disks to use in VirtualBox. More importantly: the size can be increased (expand your HDD).
CloneVDI is found on the VirtualBox forum:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22422&sid=bda2717b56075bbea9720c7723295d57
the binary:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/download/file.php?id=4671
It should be a zip of the binary. The maker is user mpack.
I found it easy to use and it makes VirtualBox even better.
This tool is a standalone and can work even if VBox is not installed.
Thanks
Hopachi
Maybe some of you already heard of this one but anyways here goes:
VMware allready have the functionality to clone a HDD through the graphical interface (be it in VMware Player, Workstation...). In VirtualBox you still had use the command prompt... until support was added in version 4.1.
CloneVDI is a standalone program that does the same but wit some extra features. I used it and it does the job pretty well with good speed. The UUID of the disk can be automatically generated (no more errors due to use of manually duplicated disks).
CloneVDI converts VHD's VMDK's VDI's to VDI disks to use in VirtualBox. More importantly: the size can be increased (expand your HDD).
CloneVDI is found on the VirtualBox forum:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22422&sid=bda2717b56075bbea9720c7723295d57
the binary:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/download/file.php?id=4671
It should be a zip of the binary. The maker is user mpack.
I found it easy to use and it makes VirtualBox even better.
This tool is a standalone and can work even if VBox is not installed.
Thanks
Hopachi
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System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 x64
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy DV6 7250
- CPU
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- Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
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