Some time ago we explained how to convert an .vmdk file to a XEN compatible RAW file, today we are going to review how to convert one .vmdk to a virtualbox compatible .vdi disk. First, create a virtual disk from preallocated to growable as we already saw. I will use one XPSP2 vmware disk. # vmware-vdiskmanager -r XPSP2.vmdk -t 0 hardrive-preallocated.vmdk Convert the file again to a .bin file with the help of quemu like: # qemu-img convert hhardrive-preallocated.vmdk hardrive-raw-file.bin And Read more...