, but with reliable third-party tools like StarWind V2V Converter (free) or DiskInternals VMFS Recovery (paid), you can easily mount, browse, and recover data from VMware datastores directly on Windows.
Right-click the disk title (e.g., Disk 2) and select . Step 2: Identify the Disk Path via PowerShell windows mount vmfs
By default, Windows cannot natively mount VMFS volumes. However, there are a few workarounds: , but with reliable third-party tools like StarWind
For technical users, exist for Linux and can be accessed via WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) or a virtual machine. you can easily mount