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| Author: | petabyte85 [ July 31st, 2015, 8:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Recover files from a corrupted Virtualbox (*.vdi)? |
Unintentionally I deleted my .vdi file (VirtualBox), but I recovered the file using Recuva, the vdi has a Windows 7 x64 guest with 120 GB, and I recovered to the same Hard Drive (The HD was 500 GB free space and it wasn't the boot HD) now I can't start the virtual machine and VirtualBox says: Failed to open the disk image file X:\My virtual machine.vdi. Could not get the storage format of the medium 'X:\My virtual machine.vdi.' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED). Result code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005) Component: MediumWrap Interface: IMedium {4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} Caller: IVirtualBox {0169423f-46b4-cde9-91af-1e9d5b6cd945} RC Caller: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001) How can I recover my files from the VDI? |
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| Author: | lcoughey [ July 31st, 2015, 8:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recover files from a corrupted Virtualbox (*.vdi)? |
You likely corrupted the sectors of the file by writing over it with your recovery. That damage cannot be undone. Sorry. |
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| Author: | Dmitri [ August 2nd, 2015, 12:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Recover data from a corrupted Virtual box (*.vdi)? |
Recovering to the same drive and with Recuva was a bad idea indeed. I haven't heard about any software, which would allow to open a VirtualBox Disk and recover data automatically. Try the following: Create a new, guest virtual box with the same OS, start it and then try to attach your damaged virtual disk as a second drive on that new machine. As a "level B" approach you can attempt mounting VDI file as a loop device in Linux, but to do so you'll need to analyze it manually and locate the MBR first. |
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