What is VMWare Disk Mount?

VMWare Disk Mount is a free, standalone utility from VMWare that allows you to mount virtual disks on a Windows machine without needing to run VMware or Hyper-V hypervisors. It supports mounting VMDK and VHD format virtual disks and provides read-only access to files and folders stored on those disks.

Once mounted with VMWare Disk Mount, virtual disks appear as new drive letters in Windows File Explorer, allowing you to easily browse and access the contents just like any other drive. However, since the mounts are read-only, you cannot modify or delete any files on the mounted virtual disk.

VMWare Disk Mount is useful for accessing and recovering data from virtual machine disks when you do not have access to the virtualization platform that created them. For example, you can use it to extract files from an old VMDK disk created with VMware Workstation or Fusion on a machine that no longer has VMware installed.

Overall, VMWare Disk Mount provides a simple way to mount and access the contents of virtual disks without needing the overhead of virtualization software. It can be helpful for data recovery, forensic analysis, testing, and migrations.

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