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VirtualBox clone snapshot using command line in Windows
# Find UUID of the snapshot
"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" list hdds | grep MACHINE_NAME
Location: C:\Users\user\VirtualBox VMs\MACHINE_NAME\Snapshots/{45e0b604-0b3f-4612-9d3f-fa7107d59dc2}.vmdk
Location: C:\Users\user\VirtualBox VMs\MACHINE_NAME\Snapshots/{3c99ddf7-83ed-4110-83ff-76d68b59fc30}.vmdk
Location: C:\Users\user\VirtualBox VMs\MACHINE_NAME\Snapshots/{3c7e01f1-bced-4746-bf2a-cde5ec44e718}.vmdk
# Clone snapshot to a different folder
# This will create a .vdi (virtual disk
"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" clonehd C:\Users\user\VirtualBox VMs\MACHINE_NAME\Snapshots/{3c7e01f1-bced-4746-bf2a-cde5ec44e718}.vmdk D:\thedisk-full.vdi
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