Virtual Machine failure due to Power lost

[Hekmaya]

Hi all,

My virtual machine fail to boot because of power lost, here is the error it said.

I followed the instruction to get the metadata, Please take time and help me to solve out the problem.

I thank you guys so much.

[a_p_]

Your attached archive only contains the data fro the descriptor .vmdk file, but not for the data files.

Please make sure that you drag&drop the VM's folder (not just a single file) onto the batch script.

André

[Hekmaya]

Sorry my mistake, i repost the file.

Please look at it!

[a_p_]

I've not seen such a strange metadata issue so far.
Two of the files contain several duplicate pointers, with most of the pointers adjacent to each other.

Anyway, I "fixed" the metadata by deleting the duplicate entries. Since I don't know which pointer was the correct one, I had to make some 50:50 assumptions. Therefore make sure that you backup the VM's files/folder prior to applying the modifications!

To inject the modified metadata into the .vmdk file, please download/extract dsfi.exe from https://sanbarrow.com/files/dsfok.zip.
With "dsfi.exe" and the extracted .bin files from the attached .zip archive in the VM's folder, run the following command.

dsfi.exe "Win7 x64 DD-s024.vmdk" 0 524288 "Metadata-Win7 x64 DD-s024-3600875520-fixed.bin"
dsfi.exe "Win7 x64 DD-s025.vmdk" 0 524288 "Metadata-Win7 x64 DD-s025-3913285632-fixed.bin"

Usage: dsfi.exe <destination> <offset> <size> <source>

Once done, either mount the virtual disk, and extract/backup important data, or at least create a snapshot prior to powering on the VM, so that the current files won't get modified.

André

[Hekmaya]

Hi there,

I followed your step and my virtual machine turn on again like a charm. You really save my life.

I'm now backing up the data in case of some kind of failure again.!

I thank you so much.