If the VMDK is severely corrupted and cannot be mounted, or if the file was deleted, you need data carving tools. This treats the VMDK (or the raw disk image) as a binary stream and searches for file headers.
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If the underlying RAID or storage array fails, the VMDK files residing on it will be corrupted or missing. This requires storage-level recovery before VMDK repair. If the VMDK is severely corrupted and cannot