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The vhdx virtual drive format as used in Microsoft Hyper-V is read-only when used with Virtualbox.

You can however convert the vhdx-file to something writable by Virtualbox.

 

 

The conversion

 Use Vboxmanage like this.

 

Using Windows

 c:\ > "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage" clonemedium disk /full/path/to/inputdisk/vmdisk.vhdx /full/path/to/outputdisk/vmdisk.vdi --format VDI

 

Using Linux

# vboxmanage clonemedium disk /full/path/to/inputdisk/vmdisk.vhdx /full/path/to/outputdisk/vmdisk.vdi --format VDI

 

When you have your vdi-file, use it to create a new virtual machine in Virtualbox, as per usual.

 

 

Sources

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=83990

https://nerddrivel.com/2016/03/14/converting-virtual-machine-disk-formats/

 

Also see VDI to VHD: Convert Virtualbox vdi-images to Hyper-V vhd.

 

 

 

 

 

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