Read VMDK files
Windows
In Windows simply open the .VMDK files with 7-zip
Linux
Restore Windows Registry
You find a script in the VMDK file where credentials are fetched from the registry, like below.
In order to retrieve the password we can restore the registry by...
Extract
C:\Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE
from VMDK file to local Windows MachineOpen
regedit
, highlightHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
, go toFile
in the top left corner and pressLoad Hive...
Write a new name for the Hive and browse to the registry entry to find the plaintext password.
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