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vmdk file data storage ????
hi i m preux pursuing b.tech. my last year thesis will be on the data stored in the vmdk file ?
firstly i will tell you how much i done ...
i will created 2 different vmdk
1 -sparse.vmdk
2 -flat.vmdk
open it into a hexeditor which provide me the hexadecimal structure of the vmdk files .by using virtual disk format 5.0 which is avilable on the vmware site i get some knowledge of the structure of the vmdk file .
when i read the structure of the -flat vmdk its similar to the hard disk structure i can easily seen the MBR(master boot record) ,PBR(partition boot record) and $MFT(master file table) in the -flat vmdk?
but when i go for the sparse its quite different from the -flat i am using the formula provided in the virtual disk format 5.0 through this i can only seen the MBR and PBR but when we aplly this fomula for $MFT(master file table) i found nothing ?
so my question is that how i can reach this master file table in -sparse.vmdk on my way so that i can complete my thesis and degree also..?
thanxs in advance
preux
Jingyi1
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May 28th, 2012 20:00
Interesting question, I heard VMDK is an open format, what format definition have you found from google?
preux
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May 28th, 2012 23:00
according to wikipedia
The format is a container for virtual hard disk drives to be used in virtual machines like VMware Workstation or Virtualbox. VMDK is an open format
but i m unable to find the specification according to my thesis .i just want the master files table which is stored in this vmdk so that i can show practically(in hexeditor ) the difference between the storage of these diiferent vmdk i.e. -sparse.vmdk and -flat.vmdk ?
i found $MFT in it by simple ctrl+F of hexeditor but i want to reach this $MFT logically..