You are on page 1of 1

ChangingtheUUIDofavirtualdisk

knowledge.zomers.eu/virtualbox/Pages/ChangingtheUUIDofavirtualdisk.aspx

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.

You might also like