VM Data Recovery

In case your virtual machine app shuts down suddenly and it is impossible to access it again, regardless of the methods you tried, then it is likely that you are looking for a solution to recover some of the files you had there.

VM Data Recovery is a utility designed to help you recover and retrieve files and folders from inside the corrupted virtual machine.

Even though it is not very appealing, the interface is clean, well-organized and appropriate for an application designed to recover data. The UI is build on a white background and is split into 2 regions, one that displays a summary of the scan and another where you can explore the files you can recover.

The program appears to be addressing users with limited skills as well, especially since it does not require too much configuration. To be more precise, the setup entails connecting a backup device, view data logs, set the destination folder for the backup files and check the backup appliance time.

Once you load a VMDK file, you can use the application to recover the inaccessible files from your virtual machine. You should know that the program starts scanning immediately and that this process can take up to a few minutes, depending on the size of the file.

The application supports a plethora of file formats, including the ones that you use on a daily basis, such as DOC, PDF, JPG, PNG, XML, XLS, HTML, PHP, so on and so forth. Moreover, it works well with most common drives, including NTFS, FAT, ReiserFS, Ext2/Ext3 and EXFAT.

While it does a fine job overall, it would be useful if the utility included some sort of report function that enables you to detect special events that could impede the recovery.   A great tool for the average user

If you are dealing with a VM crash that render the app useless, yet you need to recover important documents and files from the virtual machine drives, then you can use VM Data Recovery and try to get the data you need.