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did the drive fail? &nbsp;you could just transfer the drive to the new system.. upgrade virtualbox, test and then backup and restoree onto the newer hard drive
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Hello rindi and David: &nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;rindi asks: &nbsp;Do you need to start the OS or is it enough just to be able to access the Data &amp; copy it off? Did you also backup the *.vbox files, or just the VDI's?<br><br>rindi says: &nbsp; then that should work by just adding them to a current VM you have already setup in a current version of VirtualBox. You should then be able to access the files within that VDI using the VM you have added the VDI to. <br><br>rindi: &nbsp;My understanding is each vdi file has a unique UUID. &nbsp;I have installed version 3.2.10 on the new computer. &nbsp;If I restore the vdi file , my understanding is the UUID in each vdi file will prevent me from attaching it to the version 3.2.10 on the new computer. &nbsp; Again, please provide detailed information so I understand what I must do.<br><br>I assume the data I want is in the vdi files. &nbsp;May be I have to somehow use the vbox file to get the data . &nbsp;I don't know. &nbsp;That's why I am asking questions.<br><br>The backup contains everything. &nbsp;The backup is a system image. &nbsp;I don't understand vbox files. &nbsp;I need access to the data in the vdi files. &nbsp;Are you telling me I can :<br>1.) install Virtual box 3.2.10 to the new computer<br>2.) Restore the vbox file<br>3. ) &nbsp; And then what do I do? &nbsp; Please tell me in detail what i need to do . &nbsp;I am not a Virtual box expert.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;I have to get access to some pdf files. &nbsp;The guest operating system is Windows 2000. &nbsp; I assume I have to get Windows 2000 running , then somehow attach the vdi files and get to the pdf files. &nbsp;Again, please tell me IN DETAIL how I get access to the pdf files.<br><br>Version 3.2.10 CANNOT be upgraded. &nbsp;I tried that. &nbsp; What a mess that was!!!<br>I know the manual says it can be upgraded to version 4.0. &nbsp;Just try doing that yourself .<br><br>
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Another, even simpler solution is to just open the VDI file using 7-Zip. It can access VDI's directly, &amp; you can extract whatever files you need with it. You don't even need to Install VirtualBox.<br><br><a href="https://portableapps.com/download" rel="ugc">https://portableapps.com/download</a><br><a href="https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable" rel="ugc">https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable</a>
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rindi wrote: &nbsp;"Another, even simpler solution is to just open the VDI file using 7-Zip "<br>WOW! &nbsp;I did not know that. &nbsp;When I searched the internet for answers to my question no one suggested this.<br>Great news! &nbsp; I will try this right away!<br><br><a href="https://portableapps.com/download" rel="ugc">https://portableapps.com/download</a>&nbsp;<br>Thank you for this link!! &nbsp;This will be useful.
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Follow up note: &nbsp;I am still working on this project.<br><br>
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I installed 7zip and extracted a version 3.2.10 vdi file. You can see the contents in the screen shot I attached.<br>I clicked on the 0.img file and 7zip said the file is corrupt. &nbsp;So now I don't know whether 7zip can read this vdi file or if the vdi file is corrupt. &nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp; I guess I will have to install Virtualbox and hope this vdi file can be read .<br><br>&nbsp; What thoughts do you have?<br><br><a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2021/08_w33/1569400/7zip-shows-the-following-files--Virt.png" rel="ugc">7zip shows the following files (Virtualbox v3.2.10).png</a>
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I decided to install Virtual box v6.1 to the Windows 10 computer.<br>I was able to connect one .vdi file to this new VM. &nbsp;No UUID problems. &nbsp;So I will continue to try to attach .vdi files and see what happens.<br><br>
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My client has a Dell 980 computer running Windows 7 pro which died. I have to restore files to another computer.<br>My concern is about the vdi files created by Virtualbox version 3.2.10. This is an old version of Virtualbox I have copies of the vdi files backed up to a disk drive using a 3<sup>rd</sup> party backup program (Macrium_) I need to restore these vdi files so my client has access to the data.<br><br>The manual seems to indicate I cannot just restore the vdi files and make them work on another computer. The manual says: “Do not make copies of virtual disk images. If you import such a second copy into a virtual machine, Virtualbox will complain with an error, since Virtualbox assigns a unique identifier (UUID) to each image.”<br><br>The original computer died so I did not have a chance to release any vdi files nor make any snapshots. I really need this data. What can I do to successfully get access to the vdi files once they are restored from the backup?<br><br><br>
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My client has a Dell 980 computer running Windows 7 pro which died. I have to restore files to another computer.
My concern is about the vdi files created by Virtualbox version 3.2.10. This is an old version of Virtualbox I have copies of the vdi files backed up to a disk drive using a 3
rd
party backup program (Macrium_) I need to restore these vdi files so my client has access to the data.
The manual seems to indicate I cannot just restore the vdi files and make them work on another computer. The manual says: “Do not make copies of virtual disk images. If you import such a second copy into a virtual machine, Virtualbox will complain with an error, since Virtualbox assigns a unique identifier (UUID) to each image.”
The original computer died so I did not have a chance to release any vdi files nor make any snapshots. I really need this data. What can I do to successfully get access to the vdi files once they are restored from the backup?

Need  help with VirtualBox v3.2.10 - Restore vdi files

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