topic Re: VMDK corrupted in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions

VMDK corrupted

catarinamf — Thu, 27 May 2021 00:42:37 GMT

Hi,

I'm working with VMWare Workstation 15 Pro (15.5.6 build-16341506) and when I was cleaning up the disk, my PC shutdown (run out of battery).

After that, I can't open my virtual machine. I get the error "The specified virtual disk needs repair".

I've tried to repair it using the command:

vmware-vdiskmanager -R "path of VMDK file"

and I also get an error "The virtual disk, '....vmdk', is corrupted and cannot be repaired.

How can I repair the VMDK file or recover the files that I need from the virtual machine?

Thanks in advance,

Catarina Fernandes

Re: VMDK corrupted

a_p_ — Thu, 27 May 2021 17:50:37 GMT

Did you backup the .vmdk file(s) prior to running the repair commend? If not, do it now!

To find out about the corruption, please extract the two files from the attached .zip archive to a temporary folder on your PC (assuming that you are running Windows). Then drag&drop the VM's folder onto the .cmd file. This will create "Metadata-..." files, one for each .vmdk file with only metadata (no user data). Once done, compress/zip all the "Metadata-..." files, and attach the resulting .zip archive to your next reply.

André