Yes, that would work. Actually you can move the file to drive or partition of your choice. Just make sure it's formatted with NTFS. If the location of the .vdi changes, just deregister the .vdi from the VM and register the .vdi with the new location.
If you restore the image to the exact same partition after formatting with NTFS no further changes to your configuration should be necessary. Kind regards, Frank On Friday 22 August 2008, ALEX BIRCHALL wrote: > Many thanks -- yes, the external hard disk is formatted as FAT32. > > Would a solution be to backup the virtual hard disk file, reformat the > external hard disk as NTFS, then restore from backup the virtual hard > disk file? Or do I need to start again from the beginning? > > Many thanks for your help > > Alex > > 2008/8/22 Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Alex, > > > > Ok. What file system is on the external hard disk? FAT32? Is so > > then this is the problem. FAT32 has a limited files size (4GB). > > > > It is not a problem if the maximum size of the virtual hard disk > > is bigger than the available space. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Frank > > > > On Friday 22 August 2008, ALEX BIRCHALL wrote: > >> The host computer is Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1, SP3. > >> > >> The guest is Windows 2003 Server. > >> > >> The virtual hard disk attached to the guest is on an external hard > >> drive with 18.5 GB free space (could that be the problem -- the > >> virtual hard disk is configured to allow 20 GB but this exceeds the > >> space available on the physical hard disk?). > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> 2008/8/22 Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > On Friday 22 August 2008, ALEX BIRCHALL wrote: > >> >> Hi All, > >> >> > >> >> While attempting to run an application, I'm receiving the following > >> >> error message: > >> >> > >> >> Error ID: DevATA_DISKFULL, Severity: Non-Fatal Error > >> >> > >> >> "Host system reported disk full. VM execution is suspended. You can > >> >> resume after freeing some space." > >> >> > >> >> However, the virtual machine, a Windows 2003 Server, shows that I > >> >> have 16 GB free space on the hard disk. > >> >> > >> >> I do note that in Virtual Disk Manager the disk image has a virtual > >> >> size of 20 GB, and an actual size of 4 GB. But I thought that > >> >> VirtualBox allowed the hard disk to expand up to the virtual size as > >> >> needed. > >> >> > >> >> I should be most grateful for any suggestions. > >> > > >> > What host, what guest? Is Win 2003 Server your guest? > >> > > >> > Kind regards, > >> > > >> > Frank > >> > -- > >> > Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/ > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > vbox-users mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> vbox-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > > > -- > > Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vbox-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/
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