Recover Data From Corrupt Vmdk -

Replace RW 8388608 with your actual sector count (sectors = size_in_bytes / 512).

vmware-vdiskmanager -d /path/to/your.vmdk vmware-vdiskmanager -k /path/to/your.vmdk If the VMDK is not recognized as a disk but contains intact data blocks:

(works for single-file growable VMDK)

vmkfstools -x check /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VM/VM-flat.vmdk

vmkfstools -x repair /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VM/VM-flat.vmdk If repair fails, clone the VMDK while forcing consistency checks: