Every VM technology has its version of snapshotting… VirtualBox included. It’s easy to manage snapshots in VirtualBox–you can take snapshots of a running VM or a VM in a saved or even off state.

Making use of local virtualization can be a great way to start playing with virtual machines Now we're well aware that using VirtualBox to dip your toes into homelabbing won't be for everyone.

In VirtualBox create a new virtual machine, choose Windows / Windows 7 as the type. During the initial installation process choose to create a virtual disk.

VirtualBox will ask you how much of your hard disk space it should use to create the virtual PC’s hard drive. For the file type to use, choose VDI.