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  • 1.  VMware Fusion The specified virtual disk needs repair

    Posted Jul 04, 2025 05:18 AM

    Hi Guys.

    I am getting the following message 

    The specified virtual disk needs repair

    Cannot open the disk '/Users/xxxxx/Desktop/VM Fusion/Windows 11 64-bit Arm.vmwarevm/Virtual Disk-000002.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

    Module 'Disk' power on failed.

    Failed to start the virtual machine

    VMWare Fusion 

    Professional Version 13.6.2 (24409261)

    Kindly Advise and do let me know if you need any other information.

    NC



  • 2.  RE: VMware Fusion The specified virtual disk needs repair

    Posted Jul 04, 2025 05:25 AM

    Please take a look at Get-VmdkMetadata.sh - Script to collect virtual disk metadata for how to collect the required metadata, and attach the results to your next reply.

    André


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  • 3.  RE: VMware Fusion The specified virtual disk needs repair

    Posted Jul 07, 2025 10:35 PM

    Hi Andre,

    Please ignore this thread. I was able to make it work using the following

    sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /Users/xxxxx/Desktop/VM\ Fusion/Windows\ 11\ 64-bit\ Arm.vmwarevm/Virtual\ Disk-000002.vmdk

    on the side note. I run the cmd across all Disk-xxxxxx.vmdk available in the folder

    Regards,
    NC


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