Here is How To open VMDK Files in Windows 10, 8, 7, & XP

Written By Edwin Stark
Updated on December 30th, 2024

Summary: VMDK stands for ‘Virtual Machine Descriptor File’. It is basically a Virtual Hard Disk which is used to store one or more Virtual Files and it can only be accessed as a physical hard disk with VMware Software. It was developed by ‘VMware Software’ for its various Virtual Products and the earlier versions of VMware software used the .dsk extension for virtual disk files. Today with this article, I will tell you some of the best techniques through which you can easily open VMDK files in Windows 10 using SysInfo VMDK Recovery Software.

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VMDK files are usually used by VMware software, but can also be mounted as a virtual disk using Win Mount. Once the VMDK file has been mounted with win mount, users can easily delete, copy, and modify the files in Virtual disk.

So, now let’s see various Programs that can open your VMDK files:-

Programs that can open VMDK files are:-

In Windows

Oracle Virtual Box.
SysInfo VMDK Recovery etc.

MAC

Oracle Virtual Box etc.

Also Read:- How to Boot VirtualBox from USB Windows 10?

Various Reasons for VMDK files getting Corrupted?

Even being developed by VMware software, there are instances when your files get corrupted which leads to inaccessible data. These issues may even lead to data loss.

So you have to be very cautious about this.

But before we work on getting back that damaged data, let’s first go through the reasons for corruption of your files:

One of the major reason is its descriptor corruption. If the descriptor gets corrupted then there are great chances that your file might not open.
Another reason is missing descriptor files for delta disk.

So, if you are worried about opening your corrupt VMDK files, then relax because there are solutions with which you can easily view or open your data with ease.

One of the best ways to do this is by using a good software. However, saying and doing is altogether a different task. As there are ‘N’ no of online tools available which term themselves as the best.

But selecting one is a tough ask. Trust me on that.

So if you take my suggestion, I would refer you to check SysInfo VMDK Recovery Software.

This online application is one of the best available tools to view and open VMDK file in Windows 10, 8, 7, XP and other versions.

Plus the best part of this tool is that it provides users a free demo version which lets you evaluate the complete features that the software is providing.

So download and use the free version first. & yes, evaluate it side by side.
Note: The application not only allows you to view the data but also help users to recover them after corruption.

How To Use It

Launch SysInfo VMDK Recovery software and choose the Disk type as well as Vmdk split type. Then click on the Browse button.
Now, select corrupt VMDK files which you want to repair and then click on Open.
All the detailed information of selected file like file format version, size of hard disk, head, cylinder, sector per track will appear on the screen. Then click on Next.
Select the scanning mode: Standard and Advance are available, check GPT format, if your file support file partition. Also, you can “save disk image” check it in order to do that. & then click on Next.
A message will appear when the scanning process is completed. Click on “OK” to proceed.
Now select the volume which you want to recover, you can even use Custom Settings for Selected Volume to define the start and end sector. Click on Add Custom Value if you want to add a new volume to the list. Then click on Next button.
Choose any recovery mode out of three options “Standard”, “Advanced” and “Deep” as per your corruption type Then click on Next to begin.
Now, the recovery process will start which will recover the corrupt data from your VMDK files.
After completion of process , click on OK and proceed forward to save the recovered file
The software will now show you the preview of data in a tree-structured format. Select any particular data which you want to save.
Now select the location where you want to save the files
After selecting a location, saving process will begin that will save the files at your mentioned location.
Saving process is completed and now you can access your recovered file.

I hope now you will have a fair idea on how to open VMDK Files in Windows 10, 8, 7, and other Windows versions.

Hope this article was helpful.

About The Author:

Edwin Stark

Edwin Stark is a Technical Content Writer who specializes in writing about databases, e-mail recovery, and e-mail migration solutions. He loves researching and developing content that helps database administrators, organizations and novices to fix multiple problems.