VirtualBox Cannot register the hard disk already exists

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Yan Khonski picture Yan Khonski · May 22, 2017 · Viewed 108.1k times · Source

I created a virtual disk file VM_1_Ubuntu.vdi. Then I moved it into another folder. I tried to update VM settings (right click on virtual machine -> settings -> Storage -> Controller SATA tab, VM_1_Ubuntu.vdi path). I wanted to set a new path.

It says Cannot register the hard disk already exists

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Yan Khonski picture Yan Khonski · May 22, 2017

I found a solution

File -> Virtual Media Manager -> Removed existing images (note, I removed them only from the registry).

I followed these steps.

http://www.webdesignblog.asia/software/virtualbox-moving-vdi-file-re-linking-guest/#sthash.1QOHeiw5.dpbs

After that I could update the path in the VM settings.

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