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.VMDK File Extension

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File Type Virtual Machine Disk File

Popularity Common

Category Disk Files

File Description

Virtual disk that stores the contents of a VMware virtual machine hard disk; can be accessed as a physical hard disk with VMware software; typically named "[vmname].vdmk;" may be set at a fixed size or configured to grow over time using VMware's Virtual Disk Manager.

Other files that make up a virtual disk may include:

[vmname]-s[###].vmdk - for split virtual disk files.
[vmname]-f[###].vmdk - for split files with disk space allocated in advance.
[diskname]-[###].vmdk - stores changes made to a virtual disk.

Early versions of VMware software used the .DSK extension for virtual disk files.

VDMK files are used by VMware software, but can also be mounted as a virtual disk using WinMount; once the VDMK file has been mounted with WinMount, users can delete, copy, and modify files in the virtual disk.

Program(s) that open vmdk files

Windows

VMware Workstation

WinMount

Linux

VMware Workstation