# Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=12345678 parentCID=ffffffff createType="vmfs" RW 83886080 VMFS "MyVM-flat.vmdk" The Disk Data Base #DDB
For quick recovery, try vmware-vdiskmanager -R . For manual control, edit the descriptor file yourself. Either way, your VM can live again. how to recover vmdk from flat file
ddb.adapterType = "ide" ddb.geometry.cylinders = "16383" ddb.geometry.heads = "16" ddb.geometry.sectors = "63" ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4" how to recover vmdk from flat file