Virtual Machine Recovery & Recover Data from VMware for Free

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  • Updated on November 28th, 2017

Technical guides for Virtual Disaster Recovery for users, who want to recover data from VMware Virtual Machine, ORACLE VirtualBox, and Microsoft VirtualPC using Virtual Machine Recovery

With this article, we will see how we can recover data from virtual machines for free. So to know the details, keep reading
With affordability and powerlessness of various virtual hardware’s, virtual machines has become an important aspect for various businesses and users. Being a multi-functional tool, it inherits a number of advantages over physical machines.

However, apart from these advantages VMs has some vulnerabilities too. And one of them is data loss due to corruption. And with this article, we will discuss how to resolve these corruption errors and can recover data from Virtual Machines/VMs for free.

Virtual Machines has four different types of formats depending upon its developer, they are

  • VMware (*.vmdk): .vmdk/VMDK is a short form of Virtual Machine Disk files. This file format is developed by VMware to store its virtual application products.
  •  VirtualBox (*.vdi): VDI or also known as VirtualBox Disk Image is developed by VirtualBox.
  •  VHDX andVirtualPC (*.vhd): VHD or Virtual Hard Disk, is a virtualization program developed by Microsoft.

All these three file types are very important for users using virtual machines. But during corruption, the files stored in this machines might be inaccessible so you cannot use your files.

If facing this issue, your solution is here.

So here I would share you some of the best solutions that you can use to recover data from virtual machine.

VMDK Recovery Software To Recover Corrupt VMDK Files
If facing issues with your VMDK files then this VMDK Recovery software is your only solution to recover data from virtual machine. A smartly programmed recovery algorithm which let users to recover maximum possible data in minimal time. A highly compatible software with an easy to use GUI making it a sought after recovery software among users.

Features

  •  Can efficiently recover maximum possible VMDK data from your corrupt files
  •  Support dynamic disks and fixed disk types.
  •  Support MBR and even GUID partition table
  •  Let users to recover split, descriptor, flat as well as Sparse VMDK files
  • Support FAT & NTFS files, HFS+ and even EXTX file systems
  • Dual scanning modes to handle different types of corruption: Standard and Advanced
  • Preview feature which let users to preview files even before recovery
  • Simple & easy GUI

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VDI Recovery Tool To Repair Corrupt VDI Files

Corruption is one of the major issues for users using VDI files. As due to corruption, most of their files become inaccessible and hard to work on. This is one of the most recommended software by various analysts and users which helps you to resolve corruption issues and various errors which occurs due to various corruption issues. It is also very compatible with all file formats and Windows version. Loaded with an advanced recovery algorithm, it also has one of the simplest and interactive GUI that most of us look for.

Features

  • Can repair any type of corruption from your VDI files
  • Support recovery of deleted files and also let users to save them in their original form
  •  Allow users to recover data from Fixed and Dynamic disks
  • Dual scanning modes: Standard and Advanced
  • Three recovery modes to handle different types of corruption and to recover maximum possible data from your corrupt Virtual Machine: Standard, Advanced and Deep
  • Support both partition table types: MBR & GPT
  • Simple and easy to understand user-interface

Procedural Screenshots
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Hyper-V Recovery ToolTo Recover VHDX Files
It is a smartly designed software to recover corrupt VHDX files. It even supports other file formats like FAT files, NTFS files, HFS, and even EXTX file formats. The best part of this tool is that its interface is so easy to understand that even a novice user can use this without any technical help.

Features

  • Fast and effective recovery procedure
  • Support recovery of data from corrupt VHDX files
  • Support GUID Partition table and even Master Boot Record
  • Dual scanning modes for corrupt VHDX files: Standard and Advanced
  • Three recovery modes to handle different types of corruption: Standard, Advanced and Deep
  • Simple & easy GUI

Procedural Screenshots
Video Guide
Official Website

VHD Recovery Software To Resolve VHD Corruption Issues
This top notch VHD Recovery Software will help you to recover any types of corruption issues or errors in your files. It also supports all types of file systems like FAT, NTFS, EXTX and even HFS+. With that, its user-friendly interface makes it a sought after software for many of us. Plus it’s scanning and recovery modes makes it one of the best solutions to recover data from Virtual Machine.

Features

  • Can recover entire data from corrupt VHD files
  • Support recovery from Fixed disk and Dynamic disks
  • Dual scanning mode: Standard and Advanced
  • Support FAT file systems
  • Three different recovery modes to handle different types of corruption and errors: Standard, Advanced and Deep
  • Highly compatible with all versions of Microsoft Windows

Procedural Screenshots
Video Guide
Official Website

So here are the free tools which will help you to recover data from Virtual Machines. Hope you liked it.

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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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