What is a .VFD file?
VFD is a virtual floppy-disk image used by virtual machines.
- Did you know
- A VFD lets a virtual machine read a floppy that no longer physically exists.
- A VFD is a raw sector-by-sector image of a floppy, typically 1.44 MB or 2.88 MB, with no extra metadata wrapping the data.
- Microsoft Virtual PC, Hyper-V and WinImage use VFD images to present a virtual A: or B: drive to legacy or DOS software.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more disk images, firmware and VM files: TRX router firmware, USB DFU images, UEFI/BIOS flash volumes (.fd/.rom), Linux UBI volumes, Android sparse images (.simg), U-Boot FIT (.itb), raw floppy images (.dsk/.ima/.vfd with FAT boot sector), VMware snapshot metadata and NVRAM, Parallels VMs and disks (.pvm/.hdd), OVF manifests (.mf) and Veeam backups (.vbk).
- Depth of analysis
- .VFD is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .VFD file
- Drag a .VFD file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.