VirtualBox path problem and VDI transfer VHD in Win8

When you install VirtualBox in Windows 8, you are prompted that the system cannot find the specified path. The following figure:

This error is prompted because the current user name is in Chinese. The following figure:

Solution:

When you double-click the installer, do not click OK when you receive the error in Figure 1.

Then enter:

%userprofile%appdatalocaltempvirtualbox

Perform the installation program inside.

The Hyper-V feature of Windows 8 is very good and powerful. However, disk files in the VirtualBox VDI format are not available.

The solution is to use VirtualBox's own "VBoxManage.exe" tool to transform the file format.

Use method (Windows environment, Linux version should also have vboxmanager this binary file):

"C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxManage.exe" Clonehd d:vmsvdidebian6.vdi d:vmsvhddebian6.vhd VHD

VMDK converted to VDI

VBoxManage.exe Clonehd source.vmdk Target.vdi–format VDI

VDI converted into VMDK

VBoxManage.exe Clonehd Source.vdi Target.vmdk–format vmdk

VDI converted to VHD

VBoxManage.exe Clonehd SOURCE.VDI Target.vhd–format VHD

VMDK turn vhd,vhd to VDI, vmdk words change a little bit parameter on it. Note that after you run the command, the original file is not deleted.