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Lastmodifiedat5/5/20143:34PMbyKoenZomers
Ifyou'recopyingaVHDtouseitforanothervirtualinstanceonthesamemachine,VirtualBoxwilldisplayan
errorwhiletryingtoattachthenewVHDstatingthatthediskUUIDisalreadyregistered.Tosolvethisproblem,
youcansimplychangetheUUIDofyourcopiedVHD.Followthesestepstodoso:
1.OpenaDOScommandbox
2.NavigatetothepathwhereyouhaveinstalledVirtualBox(usuallyc:\programfiles\Oracle\VirtualBox)
3.Executethefollowingcommand:
vboxmanageinternalcommandssethduuid"<fullpathtoVHD>"
4.ThiswillchangetheUUIDtoanewrandomUUID.YouwillnowbeabletoattachittoVirtualBox.