Copy Virtualbox 4 Virtual Machine from one PC to Another

Environment

* Virtualbox version: 4.2.20
* Copy from: Dell Latitude running Win 7 Professional
* Copy to: Lenovo W430 running Win 7 Professional

Copy VM

Copy VM Directory

* Simply copy intended Virtualbox VM directory , in this caes ODD_WLS_labs, from old PC to new PC.

Add Copied VM to Virtualbox

* From new PC, start Virtualbox
* Select Machine > Add

* Browse to the copied VM directory, and select the .vbox file, e.g. ODD_WLS_labs.vbox

Start Copied VM

* From Virtualbox, highlight the newly added VM, click Start button

Issues

VT-x features locked or unavailable in MSR

* Error message:

* Cause: Intel Virtualization technologies are disabled in BIOS. These are the default setup in Lenovo:

* Fix: Enable Intel Virtualization in system BIOS:

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