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[solved ] VMware 14 recovering VM

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Hello,
I accidentally deleted a VM running under VMware workstation 14. Is there any way to undelete the vmdk files?
Host is Mint 18.2 and Guest is RHEL (Red Hat)
Thanks for any help
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Re: VMware 14 recovering VM

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Hi,

If files were on a regular HDD, then data recovery software is probably the next step Testdisk -> Photorec?
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Re: VMware 14 recovering VM

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Dave B wrote:Hi,

If files were on a regular HDD, then data recovery software is probably the next step Testdisk -> Photorec?
The files were on NTFS hence Windows boot recovery software was able to get the files back.
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Re: [solved ] VMware 14 recovering VM

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Great! :D
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