How to use a guest OS installed on Windows 7 – VirtualBox to another VirtualBox – Ubuntu

If you bumped into this post somehow, that means you really really want to use a guest operating system installed on your host operating system (i.e. Windows 7) using VirtualBox to another installed VirtualBox on different host operating system (i.e Ubuntu).

The process involves the following steps:

1. Run VirtualBox in windows 7
2. Select File Menu, and click Export Appliances
3. Choose your desired guest operating system that you want to use.
4. click next to create a ovf  (Open Virtualization Format) of your guest os.
5. Now, copy your guestos.ovf file to Ubuntu and run VirtualBox.
6. Select File Menu, and click Import Appliances
7. Select guestos.ovf file and click next.
8. Boom ! You got it !

Cheers !