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    Home»Virtualization»How to Convert VMDK to VDI Disk using VirtualBox

    How to Convert VMDK to VDI Disk using VirtualBox

    RahulBy RahulAugust 14, 20181 Min ReadUpdated:August 29, 2018

    VDI is the native format for VirtualBox and has many advantages over VMDK disk. VMDK also has its own advantages over other formats and you can also use vmdk disk with VirtualBox. In some cases, if you still required to convert .vmdk to .vdi disk format. Use VBoxManager command to convert .vmdk to .vdi.

    VBoxManage – Convert VMDK to VDI

    If the vmdk disk is attached to running virtual machine shutdown the VM first and remove vmdk file from VM.

    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 VDI mydisk.vmdk mydisk.vdi
    

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

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

    vboxmanage VDI VirtualBox vmdk
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    2 Comments

    1. cesar daniel lopez on October 6, 2020 12:24 pm

      yes, it works. tested virtualbox 5.2 ubuntu 20.04

      Reply
    2. slappy on October 17, 2019 7:33 pm

      Does not work if you do not keep the image files in the same directory. Attempt to put in the directory string and get Syntax error: Invalid parameter ’10’, but thanks!

      Reply

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