WinBox virtualBox path problem and VDI to VHD

Windows 8 prompts when installing VirtualBox "The system can not find the specified path". As shown below:

The prompt for this error is because the current user name is Chinese. As shown below:

Solution:

After double-clicking the installer, when the error in Figure 1 occurs, do not click OK.

Then go to:

%USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalTempVirtualBox

Execute the installer installation.

Windows 8's Hyper-V is very good and very powerful. However, the virtual file's VDI format disk file is not available.

The solution is to use the "BoxBoxage.exe" tool that comes with VirtualBox to convert the file format.

How to use (Windows environment, Linux version should also have the VBoxManager binary):

"C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxManage.exe" clonehd D:VMsVDIDebian6.vdi D:VMsVHDDebian6.vhd - -format VHD

Convert vmdk to vdi

VBoxManage.exe clonehd source.vmdk target.vdi –format VDI

Convert vdi to vmdk

VBoxManage .exe clonehd source.vdi target.vmdk –format VMDK

Convert vdi to vhd

VBoxManage.exe clonehd source.vdi target.vhd –format VHD

vmdk Turn vhd, vhd to vdi, vmdk, then change a little parameter on it. It should be noted that the original file will not be deleted after running the command.