The following steps show you how to make a copy of virtual box hard disk:
- Shut down the virtual machine you would like to copy.
- From File -> Virtual Media Manager…, select the virtual machine you would like to copy and click “Release” from the Action toolbar.
- It will ask you to confirm release. Click “Release” to release it.
- In your command prompt, run the following command to set the new UUID for the newly created hard disk.C:\Users\Public\VirtualBox>”C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe” internalcommands sethduuid “Windows XP Professional – Clean.vdi”
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- In the File -> Virtual Media Manager…, add the new image you have created in step 4.
- Press the New button to create a new virtual machine and link to the one created in step 4.