How to recover deleted hard disk

[jtimmons]

I added a hard drive to my VmWare Fusion on my MacBook Pro, but changed my mind and tried to delete it...only I deleted the wrong hard drive!!! Can I recover the original hard drive? Also, the most recent snapshot was done in September and I've added so many software items since then.

Many thanks for any assistance you can provide.

[admin]

Deleting a hard drive via the Settings doesn't remove it from disk, it just removes it from the virtual machine. You can add it back by editing the .vmx file. If you post it, someone can help you.

[jtimmons]

Thanks for your response....what do you mean by post it? Where is the information you need and how do I post it?

I appreciate your help.

[admin]

what do you mean by post it?

I was referring to the .vmx file in the previous sentence.

Where is the information you need and how do I post it?

explains how to get to the .vmx file. When you post a reply, you have the option to attach files; I'm asking you to attach the .vmx file for the VM you accidentally removed the disk from.

[jtimmons]

It took me a while, but I think this is what you're looking for....the text of the .vmx file?

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "6"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

memsize = "512"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Home Edition-000002.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

floppy0.fileType = "file"

floppy0.fileName = ""

floppy0.clientDevice = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

buslogic.noDriver = "FALSE"

displayName = "Windows XP Home Edition 2"

guestOS = "winxphome"

nvram = "Windows XP Home Edition 2.nvram"

deploymentPlatform = "windows"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Users/johntimmons"

sharedFolder0.guestName = "johntimmons On My Mac"

sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"

sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"

RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "0"

tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"

powerType.powerOff = "soft"

powerType.powerOn = "soft"

powerType.suspend = "soft"

powerType.reset = "soft"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d a5 e5 9b 5c a5 ca-1e c2 2b fb 32 94 77 6c"

uuid.bios = "56 4d a5 e5 9b 5c a5 ca-1e c2 2b fb 32 94 77 6c"

mks.keyboardFilter = "allow"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:94:77:6c"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

[jtimmons]

It got me thinking and I realized that the file I needed to change was back to the 0001 instead of the 0002 file (I guessed because the file was 11GB in size, which made sense to me.

Thanks for getting my brain working again!!

[admin]

Glad it's working for you, though from your problem description I didn't think this is quite what you were asking (I would have guessed that this change would revert to an earlier snapshot of the disk, not add back a missing disk). Maybe I'm just confused.