Now, In Windows, we need to switch to the Virtualbox directory to run the commands which is available under C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox.Run the Command prompt under the administrative right.Find the command prompt for Windows and if you are using the Mac 0r Linux then open your respective command-line tool.Here we are using the command-line tool on Windows 10 but the commands given here are same for Mac and Linux systems too. It is also very useful to convert and use other format Virtual Disks in different Virtual Machines.Īfter the conversion of ISO image to VDI, the user can directly boot the OS to install it converted VDI or VDMK format for admin or testing purposes.

Not only to VDI but also using the same VBOXmanage tools of VirtualBox the user can convert the ISO image file to VDMK or VHD. Yes, this is the method in which we directly convert the ISO image file (.iso) into VDI (virtual disk image) format using VirtualBox.

Although you can use directly the ISO file to boot any OS on VirtualBox, HyperV or VMware Workstations, however, in case you don’t want to first boot & install ISO file to convert it to VDI or VDMK (virtual hard drives) format. The ISO file is a widely used Disk file format for installing different bootable operating systems.