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The clone (as "VBoxManage clonehd" always does), but I also have an option to keep the old Virtual disk formats, which VBox uses to identify them).

I wanted more flexibility regarding the UUID (a signature embedded in VDI and most other.

But, I find that Windows disk I/O speeds are highly variable, so that could have However, in a test I performed, the "VBoxManageĬlonehd" command took 101s to clone a 1.6GB VDI. I wanted to see if cloning could be any faster, though I have not really made a

I wanted better feedback from the tool, in particular an accurate answer to the question,.

Those strange people who like that sort of thing!).

I wanted a simple GUI interface (I later added a command line interface as well, to satisfy.

Of what the VBox developers choose to do. And, I wanted the flexibility to add more features in the future, independant I also wanted to add a number of features that VirtualBoxĭid not provide.

In 2009, VirtualBox only supported cloning from the command What's the point? - VirtualBox has cloning built in as standard! It is entirely stand-alone, using my own code for reading and writing VDI, and for reading the Note that SlimVDI is not a GUI for VBoxManage, It can alsoĬonvert Microsoft VHD, VMWare VMDK, Parallels HDD (v2), raw disk or partition image files,Īnd even physical Windows drives - into a VDI file. clones) Oracle VirtualBox Virtual Disk Image (VDI) files. The software may be used by anyone at his or her own risk. While I made every effort to make this tool safe and reliable, I offer Legal Disclaimersīasically, you got this tool for nothing, so I accept no responsibility for anything USAGE INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOW THE FAQ SECTION. SlimVDI is always a dynamically expanding VDI, the other formats are supported for reading The only thing to remember is that the output from That specifically includes keeping the old or generating a new UUID, compacting Say otherwise, then anything you can do with a VDI as input, you can also do with the otherįormats as input. You may assume that, unless I specifically

Intended audience: users of Oracle's "VirtualBox", a Virtual Machine application.Īddendum: SlimVDI supports VDI and other formats as input.

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY, IT SHOULD CONTAIN ANSWERS TO MOST QUESTIONS.

Real headless command line mode (without showing a progress dialog).

Work with diff images in command line mode.

Support of removing unused blocks for diff images (without merging with base images).

This readme is based on the "release notes.txt" of CloneVDI and has been updated for SlimVDI and markdown syntax. This is a fork of CloneVDI (written by Don Mile) that has been renamed to SlimVDI according to the license of CloneVDI.