Converting VMX to VMDK
A .VMX file and a .VMDK file hold different kinds of data, so there is no direct way to turn one into the other.
A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.
About these formats
.VMX
VMware Virtual Machine Configuration File
A VMX file is the configuration file for a VMware virtual machine - a small plain-text file that defines the VM's virtual hardware (CPU, RAM, disks, network). Open it in VMware Workstation…
Open .VMX details →
.VMDK
VMware Virtual Machine Disk
A VMDK file is a VMware virtual hard disk - it stores a complete operating system and all its files as one or more host files. You attach it to a virtual machine rather than opening it like…
Open .VMDK details →
