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5.9. Recovering Data from Virtual Machine

A virtual machine is used to create a virtualized environment that behaves like a separate computer system. This virtual computer system when created stores data in the form of images.Stellar Data Recoverysupports recovery from these virtual machine images for VMDK, VDI, VHD and VHDX formats.

To recover data from Virtual Machine image:

1. RunStellar Data Recovery.

2. FromSelect What to Recoverscreen, select the type of data i.e.Everything, Documents, Folders & EmailsorMultimedia Files, you want to recover.

3. ClickNext.

4. OnRecover Fromscreen, selectVirtual Machine RecoveryfromOther Locationsand clickScan.

5. “Select Virtual Machine Image To Recover Data” screen appears:

• If you know the location of the virtual machine image, click onAdd Imageto browse and select the image file.
• If you do not know the location of the virtual machine image, click onFind Image. From the displayedFind Imagedialog box, browse and select the Folder or Drive where you wish to search the image file. ClickFindto begin the search.

6. The image files get listed on the “Select Virtual Machine Image To Recover Data” screen with their respective sizes. Select the image from which you wish to recover data and clickMount. Alternatively, to remove any image select that image and clickRemove.

Note:To mount a virtual machine of VHD/VHDX file inStellar Data Recovery,make sure that the VHD/VHDX image is not mounted in your Windows OS. To unmount VHD/VHDX file in Windows, go to the New Volume/drive in Windows Explorer, right-click and selectEject.

7. “Select Partition To Recover Data” screen appears listing all the partitions found in the selected virtual machine image file. Select the partition that you wish to scan and clickScan开始recovery process.

Note:If you do not see the partition that you want to scan in the list, select the main virtual disk from the list and clickScan. This will perform a partition scan for the virtual disk and lists the partitions on the “Select Partition To Recover Data” screen. If you still don’t find your partition, you can perform anExtensive Partition Searchby clicking onClick herebutton given in the bottom left of the screen.

8. A screen showing the scanning process is displayed. ClickStopto stop the scan at any point.

9. Once the scanning process is completed, details of the files and folder found are displayed in a dialog box as shown below:

10. For information on how to preview and recover the scanned data, seePreviewing Scan ResultsandSaving the Recovered Files.

Note:If you wish to save the scanned information and resume the recovery process at a later stage, seeSaving the Scan Information.

Note: You can select only one partition at a time for recovery.