Clone a VirtualBox virtual machine with clonehd

To clone a VirtualBox virtual machine on Windows  (“yourvbox.vdi” file) you need to use the command “vboxmanager.exe clonehd yourvirtualbox.vdi yourvirtualboxoutput.vdi”

  1. Open a prompt
  2. Position yourself in the folder of the virtual machine file to clone directory (
    1. cd C:\virtualbox_to_clone
  3. Use the vboxmanage.exe utility, under your VirtualBox install folder:
    1. “C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe” clonehd “C:\virtualbox_to_clone\yourvbox.vdi” ”C:\virtualbox_to_clone\yourvboxoutput.vdi”

And now you have your new VirtualBox machine to use.

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