| Scenario | Native VMware | DiskInternal | Other tools (e.g., UFS Explorer) | |----------|---------------|--------------|-----------------------------------| | Accidental format (quick) | ❌ | ✅ (scans for old inodes) | ✅ | | Deleted VMDK | ❌ | ✅ (if blocks not overwritten) | ✅ | | Corrupt FD table | ❌ | ✅ (journal replay) | ✅ | | Multiple LUN extents broken | ⚠️ (only with exact order) | ✅ (auto-detects spans) | ✅ | | Snapshot descriptor loss | ❌ | ⚠️ (may rebuild flat VMDK) | ✅ |
Metadata is stored at fixed intervals – DiskInternal’s auto-detection may misalign. Manually set block size in scan options. diskinternal vmfs recovery
If DiskInternal cannot reconstruct: