Can anyone tell how to access data in case Virtual disk is not accessible error ?

Hello, when I tried to access my virtual disk .vmdk file. I will not be able to access my .vmdk file items. This .vmdk file contains my official database files can anyone tell how to access .vmdk file contents?

Is this the same file/issue as https://forum.piriform.com/topic/52177-how-to-repair-vhd-file-of-hyper-v/

.vhd files are accessible with 7-Zip. not sure about .vmdk ones.

I've recently switch from Oracle and VMWare due to them not working with the latest Win10 and the workarounds being bigger than Ben-Hur.

I'm using Win10's inbuilt Hyper-V for virtual PC's and love it.  however the XP VM didn't have the network drivers for my modern mobo - no worries - opened it's .vhd file with 7-Zip and copy/pasted whatever files it needed straight into a folder on the .vhd