On 29 October 2012 04:58, Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > So, I want to merge these three snapshots into the HardDisk .vdi.
If you can see the 3 snapshots in the VirtualBox UI (with "Current State" underneath them as a 4th node in the tree), then merging the files is as simple as selecting each snapshot in the UI, in turn, and deleting it with the Delete Snapshot button. (Previous versions of VirtualBox labelled this "Discard" rather than delete.) But your snapshots are rather large, so some care should be taken. Another option is to take a clone of the "Current State", and then attach that clone as the main disk, replacing the existing disk. To delete the snapshots (while merging the files), do this: - Take a backup in case anything goes wrong, - Ensure you have as much free space on the host drive as the total size of the VM disk files, in this case, at least 42GB free space, - Select the topmost snapshot in the VirtualBox UI, and click "Delete Snapshot", - Wait. DO NOT Cancel, as that may damage the files (I'm not sure) - That will remove the topmost snapshot and move the rest up, - Repeat : Check free space, select topmost snapshot and click "Delete Snapshot" until they are all gone. Because you have a lot of data, taking a clone may be safer. Us the VirtualBox Machine > Clone... menu, and choose 'Full Clone' then 'Current machine state' The cloned VM and the cloned disk will have a different GUIDs, which will be reflected in the VM as a changed motherboard serial number and disk serial number. This may cause the cloned VM to need re-authenticating (for Windows licensing). -- Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDOWS 8 is here. Millions of people. Your app in 30 days. Visit The Windows 8 Center at Sourceforge for all your go to resources. http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ join-generation-app-and-make-money-coding-fast/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
