Data loss can occur due to various reasons, including:
Several third-party tools are available that can help recover corrupted or deleted flat VMDK files. restore vmware flat vmdk
In VMware, a VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk) file is a container file that stores the virtual disk of a virtual machine (VM). A flat VMDK file is a type of VMDK file that stores the virtual disk as a single, flat file. Data loss can occur due to various reasons,