I am using the latest version of VirtualBox. I am currently using two computers : one a desktop running Windows vista and another a laptop running Win 7.

My original VM was on the desktop, and I successfully cloned, zipped and ported it to the laptop. Now i want to clone the VM on the laptop and put it on my desktop.

When I try to do this an error occurs after 89% of the cloning is complete. The error code says :

All help is much appreciated.

Thank you!

The name of the forum is "Linux - Virtualization". Your question is about Windows - Virtualization. I'd take it to a Windows forum.

I am asking a question pertaining to the virtualization of a Linux machine on a Windows platform using a Virtualbox. The forum description itself states :

Xen, KVM, OpenVZ, VirtualBox, VMware, Linux-VServer and all other Linux Virtualization platforms are welcome.

Indeed, but the error isn't with the Linux virtual machine. It seems that the error is with the VirtualBox program itself, which is running in Windows.
I don't recognize the error, I suppose you could try googling the code, although I've never had much luck trying that (Win error codes aren't especially helpful).

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"When I try to do this ", what exactly are you doing?

I just take the entire folder and copy it.

As to failure, could it be that your data is too large for target file format?

This may help, http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/itd...irtualbox/3305

Unfortunately I already did that before posting. I found something vaguely simi;ar stating it had to do something with the sectors of the VM but nothing on how to correct it.

I actually used the same link and the steps in it to copy the VM from one machine to another. It worked perfectly the first time.

I am trying to clone the VM on the laptop. Copying and pasting wouldn't work because my flashdrive is 16GB and says that the filesystem is too large(though the folder is just around 10GB) so that's why I'm cloning and then zipping. I've tried zipping without cloning and that also fails after around two thirds are done.

So I think its something wrong with the files of the VM itself.

Your flash drive is probably formatted with FAT32, which has a max file size limit of 4GB. Reformat it as NTFS and you should be able to copy the folder with the 10 GB VDI.

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That worked! It amazes me how much new stuff I learn everyday after making the transition to Linux!

Great! Glad it was that easy. Please mark the thread [SOLVED] using the thread tools. Thanks for the rep, and good luck!