How to Convert VDI to VMDK Disk using VirtualBox

Written by Rahul, Updated on August 30, 2018

This tutorial helps you to convert a VDI disk to VMDK disk using VirtualBox VBoxManage command.

VBoxManage – Convert VDI to VMDK

Before starting work in this tutorial make sure to detach vdi disk from VirtualMachine.

Windows Users can use the following command to change UUID of D:\NewVM\myDisk1.vdi disk.

c:\> cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\"
c:\> VBoxManage clonehd --format VMDK mydisk.vdi mydisk.vmdk

Linux Users can also use the VBoxManage command to change UUID of a disk.

VBoxManage clonehd --format VMDK mydisk.vdi mydisk.vmdk