Fix Vmdk Corruption 〈ORIGINAL〉

⚠️ of the VMDK file before attempting any repair.

VMDK won't open? │ ▼ Backup the file │ ▼ vmkfstools -x check │ ┌───┴───┐ OK CORRUPT │ │ │ ▼ Use │ vmkfstools -x repair │ │ │ ┌────┴────┐ │ Fixed Failed │ │ │ ▼ │ Clone with vmkfstools -i │ │ │ ┌───┴───┐ │ Good Bad │ │ │ ▼ │ Third-party repair │ │ │ ┌───┴───┐ │ Fixed ───► Manual raw data recovery │ └─────► VM boots successfully fix vmdk corruption

cat dummy.vmdk

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