On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 03:32:13PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> I just created a .VHD file and stored it on a portable USB drive.
> Here it is:-
> 
>     chris$ cd 2C0EA4070EA3C862
>     /media/chris/2C0EA4070EA3C862
>     chris$ ls -l
>     total 37375364
>     drwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris           0 Jun 22 13:40 '$RECYCLE.BIN'
>     -rwxrwxrwx 2 chris chris 38272370176 Jun 22 13:55  DESKTOP-94C2AC7.VHD
>     drwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris           0 Jun 22 13:40 'System Volume 
> Information'
> 
> 
> But when I try and create a new virtual machine in Virtualbox it can't
> see DESKTOP-94C2AC7.VHD in the file selection box either with 'All
> virtual hard disk types' or 'VHD'.
> 
> So what's wrong, how do I get to use this VHD file?
> 
Silly but simple.  For some reason Virtualbox doesn't like upper case
.VHD, changing the name to have a lower case .vhd fixes the problem.

-- 
Chris Green


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