** Reply to message from vbox-users <vbox-us...@clevertrove.com> on Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:45:30 +0000
> > From: Cliff Scott [mailto:c...@intergate.com] > > > > I thought I was being smart so I copied a WinXP.vdi file to another name in > > the same directory using a file manager. I had closed the VM, but VBox > > manager was still open. Ever since it shows the VM in the list, but it won't > > even try to start it. The Start button is greyed out. I had just recently > > backed up the whole directory to another HD so restored from that and it > > still won't start. When I try to "add" a new machine it says it can't > > because > > there is another with the same UUID. How come? All that is in the directory > > is all freshly copied from the backup HD. How do I fix this mess I caused > > myself? Thanks for any help. > > For some reason, I thought you were making a backup copy of the machine. So > I responded based on that assumption. > > Now I see Daniel's response, assuming you're trying to clone the machine. So > I re-read your original post, and now I think Daniel's right. > > Can you clarify what you're trying to do? > > If you want to clone a machine, the easiest thing to do is use the VirtualBox > GUI. Machine / Clone. This will change the machine UUID, the hard drive > UUID, the mac address, etc. But it will NOT change... Your windows system > id, your netbios name, the IP address you have in the guest (hopefully you're > using dhcp) ... will not change the windows key, or other software license > keys in the guest, etc. All of that stuff, you need to manage yourself. Thanks for the helpful response. I was wanting to make a backup of the VM since I was going to try to expand its size and didn't want to lose it if something went wrong. Why the file locking happened I haven't a clue. I understand regarding the cloning process and have done that. The backups, which were just straight file copies, I did to another drive worked fine since I had the VM and the VBox itself shutdown. All I can guess is somehow the VBox manager sensed that I did something it didn't know about and got really upset and locked the VM from running. Deleting everything in the VM directory, rebooting, deleting the remaining files that had been locked and restoring from the backup drive cleared the issue. I've gotten the VM disk size increased and just have to get the NTFS file system expanded to access the additional space. Thanks again for your help. Cliff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
