Vmware convert flat file to vmdk

This article provides steps to recreate a lost virtual disk descriptor file (.vmdk). You may need to recreate missing header/descriptor files if:

• The virtual machine disk file listed in the Datastore Browser is your virtual machine’s flat file, and does not have an icon.
• When powering on a virtual machine, you see a File not found error.
• The flat file exists when viewing the virtual machine’s directory.
• The disk descriptor file for the virtual machine’s disk does not exist or is corrupted.

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