Where is VirtualBox's virtual hard disks repository?
A colleague shared a VirtualBox VM with me. When double clicking the VDI file, VirtualBox opens but I get a few errors (the errors were related to incorrect paths and UUIDs in the VBOX file). So I had to RTFM...
I found Importing a VDI in VirtualBox from Oracle's blog. The blog states:
First copy your VDI file into VirtualBox's virtual hard disks repository. On Mac OS X it's $HOME/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/.
I seem to have VDI's scattered all about, but all under a common root folder of "VirtualBox VMs". And I don't have a folder "HardDisks". So its not clear to me where the repository is, or where I'm supposed to put the VDI.
Where is VirtualBox's virtual hard disks repository in Windows 8.1?
3 Answers
For Microsoft Windows OS, default Storage is in %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\VirtualBox VMs
Which typically expands out to
C:\Users\[username]\VirtualBox VMs
The subfolders will be named with the Name: field contents entered in the Create Virtual Machine dialog where you're asked to enter Name and OS information.
If you've decided to do a little more orgainization, the Machine Name subfolders will be under the Machine Group subfolder. Full implementation may look like the following:
C:\Users\[username]\VirtualBox VMs\[vm group]\[vm name]
The VDI may exist elsewhere if you used the option to Use an existing virtual hard drive
It's easy to find where the VDI disks reside by using File=>Virtual Media Manager
At the risk of being scolded for not answering the EXACT question...
On Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions?), the directory is:
/home/[USER NAME]/.config/VirtualBox- Open OracleVMVirtualBox.
- Open file from LeftTop. Head to VirtualMediaManagaer.
- Move on to properties tab.
Press Cltr+D (in short (for windows)) Here you can view the folder for saving things and size(VirtualMemory).enter image description here
