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I was running VMware Workstation 11.0 VM on a Windows 10 (64bit) host with Ubuntu 14.04 as guest. Last night my windows crashed and I reset my windows but all new application/software I lost including my Ubuntu, there were lost.

I have important files on Ubuntu so I want to recover those files/documents, I have backup of all files in "C:\Windows.old\" directory.

Any suggestions how to repair this?

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    You did enable AutoProtect, right? Just add the VM again and it should work (given that Ubuntu doesn't freak out).
    – GiantTree
    Jun 12, 2016 at 17:59
  • I am not aware of AutoProtect can you please explain a bit. @GiantTree
    – Gagan
    Jun 12, 2016 at 18:11
  • AutoProtect takes a snapshot of your whole virtual machine every time it deems necessary and allows you to be safe when your host crashes
    – GiantTree
    Jun 12, 2016 at 18:17
  • Enable it in your VM's options
    – GiantTree
    Jun 12, 2016 at 18:18
  • No I am not sure I had enabled AutoProtect before crashing my window 10, Any other solution ?
    – Gagan
    Jun 12, 2016 at 18:24

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Reset to default
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Resetting windows to factory defaults may have killed your vmware workstation installation, but the disk files are probably still where they were before the reset. (E.g. on D:\vms\Ubuntu).

You should be able to install vmware workstation again, point it to those files and everything should work. Alternatively, you can mount vmware disk files in windows. You might need to add support for the filesystem though.

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