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VMDK deleted not found

July 12th, 2010, 12:29

Hello

I have question,
there is deleted on NTFS drives virtual machine .VMDK file.

Does anybody have experience, with which is possible to find it?

NTFS drive, it was deleted with Shift-Del operation, and is not anymore
possible to find with R-studio, lost in MFT.

Thanks

Re: VMDK deleted not found

July 12th, 2010, 13:28

what RAW-recovery SW would help?

Re: VMDK deleted not found

July 12th, 2010, 15:26

Knows anybody how to recover with RAW recovery VMDK file ?

Re: VMDK deleted not found

July 12th, 2010, 20:27

VMDK files are usually in the GB range.
It is quite probable that such large files will be fragmented, thus RAW recovery can hardly be successful...

pepe

Re: VMDK deleted not found

July 13th, 2010, 2:23

Sorry I am not 100% sure I understand your question. Have you deleted data from the VMDK or have you deleted the VMDK itself?
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