Please choose the type of file that you would like to use for the new virtual hard drive. If you do not need to use it with other virtualization software you can leave this setting unchanged.

VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)
VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk)
VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)

Please choose whether the new virtual hard drive file should grow as it is used (dynamically allocated) or if it should be created at its maximum size (fixed size).

<p>A <b>dynamically allocated</b> hard drive file will only use space on your physical hard drive as it fills up (up to a maximum <b>fixed size</b>), although it will not shrink again automatically when space on it is freed.</p> <p>A <b>fixed size</b> hard drive file may take longer to create on some systems but is often faster to use.</p> <p>You can also choose to <b>split</b> the hard drive file into several files of up to two gigabytes each. This is mainly useful if you wish to store the virtual machine on removable USB devices or old systems, some of which cannot handle very large files.

Dynamically allocated
Fixed size
Split into files of less than 2GB

Please type the name of the new virtual hard drive file into the box below or click on the folder icon to select a different folder to create the file in.

Select the size of the virtual hard drive in megabytes. This size is the limit on the amount of file data that a virtual machine will be able to store on the hard drive.

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