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hemelix
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‎02-25-2014 10:41 PM

How to recover HD space

Hi,

I have been using VMware player 5.0.2 version 7 machine. I installed Linux on the machine  and allocated 100 GB Disk space.

It was working fine. Since I have another linux machine, I removed the virtual OS (linux) by selecting "Delete VM from disk".

Now my disk space are gone (those I allocated). How can I recover it?

Mahbub

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Dayworker
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‎02-27-2014 08:48 AM

Sometimes a recovering is possible by either a tool like PhotoRec, Testdisk etc or a company like Kroll Ontrack. If the vmdk-file was overwritten either by yourself after saving files on the same disk or regular writes by your host-os (swap file), then you lost everything...

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lakshya32
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‎03-03-2014 02:04 PM

Hi

Welcome to the communities.

When selecting "Delete from Disk" all files that comprise the VM are immediately deleted from the Disk, not place into the Recycle Bin .

same discussion which will help you , or you may tries some paid version of utility .

When selecting "Delete from Disk" all files that comprise the VM are immediately deleted from the Disk, not place into the Recycle Bin

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