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How to boot from backed-up VMDK without overwriting the existing C drive

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Applies to

  • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere (SCV)
  • Windows guest operating system (OS)

Description

This article describes how to boot from backed-up Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) by SCV without restoring C drive if Windows guest OS is unable to boot from C drive

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