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VirtualBox: How to restore a deleted configuration file?

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Mar 15, 20263029 views
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Somehow a lot of things went wrong with VirtualBox. The configuration-file (which is an xml-file) was cleared, because there was most probably no space left on the disk. The harddisk file was lost in the first place, but I have found a copy. One of the snapshots contains all important changes (and …

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Virtualbox has tool that creates xml configuration file, maybe give it a try creatvm. EDIT: this is an answer to question if it's possible to retrieve files from just snapshots, without hard disk file. In short: Impossible. Longer explanation: Every…

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