DISK DATA RECOVERY

When you’re surfing the internet, you may accidentally see a lot of posts on the topic – VMFS recovery or VMDK recovery. As an ordinary user, you may don’t know what the real meaning is. Noticing this, we decide to talk about VMFS & VMDK and how to recover VMDK file.
 

 

Basic Knowledge for VMFS Recovery

To get to know VMFS recovery, you should firstly know what VMFS means.
 

VMFS & VMDK

VMFS refers to VMware Virtual Machine File System, which is a high-performance cluster file system. It helps to break the limit of a single system during the application of virtualization technology.
 
Well, VMDK refers to VMWare Virtual Machine Disk Format; it is actually a kind of virtual hard disk format created by VMware – the famous virtual machine. A VMDK file represents a physical hard drive of VMFS on virtual machine.
 

Can We Recover Lost VMDK File

Generally, when you’re seeing people asking about VMFS recovery or VMDK recovery, they often want to know a good method for recovering VMDK files.
 

 
So is it possible to recover your lost VMDK file? Our answer is a big yes. Certainly, there’s no big difference between VMDK file recovery and the recovery of other common files, like photos and document files.
 
How to recover lost hard drive files.
 
The only thing you need to do is finding a professional VMDK recovery tool. Then, you can just sit back and relax.
 

Steps to Recover VMDK File

Now, let’s see how to get back the lost VMDK files.
 
Step 1: download and install MiniTool Power Data recovery – a reliable & powerful data recovery tool – to your local drive, except for the one(s) which contains lost VMDK file.
 

 
Step 2: run this VMDK recovery tool to see main window and choose a module on the basis of your actual file loss situation.
 
Step 3: select the target drive to scan and check the files you need to recover from scan result. At last, click on “Save” to finish VMFS recovery.