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Written By Rohan Wiese
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Updated on December 14th, 2023
Fix Hyper V Manager Error using Smart VHDX Recovery Software
Virtualization has become very common in these days. Many organizations and even home users are using virtualization in their day-t0-day life. Virtual machine and Virtual hard disk are two important aspects of virtualization. Any sort of error with any of these can cause a great trouble. A virtual hard disk is prone to corruption just like any physical hard disk. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the difference between VHD and VHDX files. We’ll find out the common reasons for corrupt VHDX file. Also, we’ll talk about the smart VHDX Recovery software.
Difference between VHD and VHDX
I’ve seen some people are confused with VHD and VHDX. It’s just because both are Virtual hard disk files. VHD is an old and VHDX is a new file format used by Microsoft Windows Virtual PC. The major difference between these two Virtual hard disk files is the Windows operating systems on which they’re created and supported. Windows Server 2008, Win 7 and the earlier versions create and support VHD file format. On the other hand, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 create and support VHDX file format. Since VHDX is the new Virtual disk format, it has some important advantages.
The new VHDX file format has brought many new virtualization improvements. It has a great virtual disk storage capacity as compared to VHD file format. The improved storage capacity is not the only advantage of VHDX file format. VHDX file format has been designed to work with the modern hardware. And the logical sector size used by VHDX file is 4 KB. This plays an important role to improve the Virtual machine performance. Another important advantage of VHDX file format is its power to be immune to corruption. It protects your data against file corruption related to power failure and other common issues.
Corrupt VHDX (Hyper V Virtual Hard Disk)
But sometimes this protection feature is not enough to handle the extreme level of corruption. Just like a VHD file, VHDX files are also prone to corruption. I’ve often heard many VM users complain about corruption in their Virtual hard disk files. There are various reasons for corruption in the VHDX files. The most common reasons are virus infection, storage media failure, software malfunction, abruptly system shutdown, improperly cancellation of the Virtual machine, etc. Have you ever confronted an error message while working on the Virtual machine? One of the most common error messages what VM users generally face is, “The Hard Disk Image file ‘c:\vm\adds2012.vhdx’ does not exist.” 
You may receive this error message while attempting to start the selected Virtual machine(s). Why? The most probable reason behind this error message is corruption. Just because the VHDX file is corrupt, the Virtual Machine fails to load it. The only thing that can help you deal with corruption or data loss situation is a backup file. If you’ve taken a backup of the Virtual hard disk file, you can restore your complete data. But if there’s no backup, it might be a challenging situation to fix corruption.
How to Repair VHDX File?
Unfortunately, there’s no way to fix corrupt VHDX file manually. However, Hyper-V has an auto-repair feature that can automatically detect corruption in the VHDX file. But sometimes it may not work if corruption level is severe. In such a situation, you should look forward to a professional solution. There are many vendors in the market which provide VHDX recovery software with free demo/trial version. One such VHDX recovery software is provided by Aryson Technologies. Aryson Hyper V Recovery software is an advanced Virtual disk recovery solution for corrupt VHDX file. It can repair VHDX file and restore maximum possible content from it. Below are the key features of this software:
- VHDX Recovery software supports both fixed disk and dynamic disk types;
- It supports both GPT (GUID partition table) and MBR (master boot record) partition table formats;
- It supports all popular file systems, such as FAT, FAT16, FAT32, FAT64, NTFS, HFS+, and EXTX;
- Two smart scanning modes for corrupt VHDX file: Standard and Advance;
- Three powerful recovery modes for Virtual disk recovery: Standard, Deep, and Advanced;
Availablity of VHDX Recovery Software
Aryson VHDX Recovery software is available for free evaluation prior to purchase the licensed version. By using the demo version, you can scan corrupt VHDX file and restore your maximum possible content from it. You can check the preview of your file content which you can actually recover from the corrupt VHDX file.
About The Author:
Rohan Wiese is a Technical Writer at Aryson Technologies. He is an expert Email Forensic, Cloud Computing, and a passionate nerd with over 10 years of experience in technical content writing. He writes about Cloud Migration, Database Recovery, Email Backup, Windows, Mac, and Tech.
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