>> ........ >> >> Should one work discarding from the top-down ( oldest-to-youngest ) >> or discarding from bottom-up ( youngest-to-oldest ) ?
> 1) In terms of the final result / state of the base virtual hard disk, > it doesn't matter. > > 2) In terms of how long it takes to process the Delete/discards: > Start at the top first, it will be quicker. > > 3) There have been recent bugs reported with Delete Snapshot (VirtualBox > 3.1.x), > so take a full backup of the entire machine folder including Snapshot > folder > before trying a Delete Snapshot. > > Particularly if the virtual hard disk is a VHD or VMDK file. > > Never ever use "Discard Current Snapshot and State", it is broken. Mark .... Thanks for the information .... I'll do a fresh backup and give it a whirl later today .... -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix, Arizona _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
