A application called a VMDK file reader enables you to see VMDK files even if they are corrupt.

Open VMDK Files For Free

A built-in VMDK previewing engine in the DiskInternals VMFS Recovery program enables you to see even damaged VMDK files. The free trial version of this software product supports reading VMDK files and is simple and secure to use.

VMFS Recovery Tool

VMFS Recovery is essentially a piece of data recovery software designed to work with Windows and Windows Server operating systems. Regardless of the data loss scenario, this program can restore virtual machine files from SSDs and HDDs.

• Recovery wizards built with the NTFS and FAT file systems
• supports all RAID array types
• supports multi-level directories and Unicode filenames