Fix Corrupt Vmdk [repack] Jun 2026

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Fix Corrupt Vmdk [repack] Jun 2026

Symptoms: “The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created.”

| | Cons | | :--- | :--- | | Official & Safe: Created by VMware, ensuring it understands the exact VMDK specification. It is safer than using third-party hex-editors. | No GUI: It is entirely command-line driven. There is no interface to guide you through the repair process. | | Deep Structural Repair: Unlike simple file copy checks, it validates the geometry and descriptor files of the virtual disk. | Steep Learning Curve: Requires knowledge of command-line syntax and virtual disk types (e.g., knowing the difference between a descriptor file and the binary data). | | Cost: It is free to download and use, which is a massive advantage over expensive commercial recovery tools. | Limited Scope: It primarily fixes logical corruption (filesystem structure, metadata). It cannot fix physical storage corruption (bad sectors on the underlying hard drive). | fix corrupt vmdk

cat > new.vmdk << EOF

Those with a "*" above have a "Teach" mode for addition, subtraction and just added multiplication, division, square root and cube root. Multiplication, division, and roots works best on "Lee" versions as they can hold values in auxiliary abacii.

Now with beginnings of some language support for French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Russian (I need help from translators see line 72 or so of abacus.js). It is all driven by a single JavaScript program with input parameters in the html.

Let me know of any bugs... (yes, the Lee's Abaci has some alignment issues if you change number of rails). If there is a abacus design not featured that you want to see, let me know. The Java below has more features (and no alignment issues), but can no longer run in your browser ... sigh.

See project notes for todo list and history.

Android Abacus

Abacus for my phone

Abacus Implementation for Android

Icon	Source Code	Executable
	Abacus.zip	Abacus.apk

Unzip somewhere and then put in Eclipse like File->Project->Android Project from Existing Code. Then build, install, and run as usual. Any trouble building and getting on your Android, let me know so I can make fixes or better instructions.

See project notes for todo list and history.

Java Abacus

Screenshot shown here running as: "java -jar AbacusApp.jar -lee=1"

Symptoms: “The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created.”

| | Cons | | :--- | :--- | | Official & Safe: Created by VMware, ensuring it understands the exact VMDK specification. It is safer than using third-party hex-editors. | No GUI: It is entirely command-line driven. There is no interface to guide you through the repair process. | | Deep Structural Repair: Unlike simple file copy checks, it validates the geometry and descriptor files of the virtual disk. | Steep Learning Curve: Requires knowledge of command-line syntax and virtual disk types (e.g., knowing the difference between a descriptor file and the binary data). | | Cost: It is free to download and use, which is a massive advantage over expensive commercial recovery tools. | Limited Scope: It primarily fixes logical corruption (filesystem structure, metadata). It cannot fix physical storage corruption (bad sectors on the underlying hard drive). |

cat > new.vmdk << EOF

You can download the jar file (preserve the .jar extension), and then it can be run as an application like "java -jar AbacusApp.jar -rails=15" or "java -jar AbacusApp.jar -lee=1 -leftAuxRails=9 -rightAuxRails=9". The X Manual Page is written for the X version but may be useful to understanding the Java program.

Java Abacus

Abacus Implementation for Java

Icon	Source Code	Jar File
	abacus.zip	AbacusApp.jar

There is a feature for teachers to test students on the use the abacus. This would give the ability to create your own tests. Results would go into a results directory. Sample tests are given in zip file (there is only the one test so far). The idea is to move the beads to the correct position and then record the answer by a certain time.

See project notes for todo list and history.

X Abacus (and Windows too)

Still my favorite Abacus

Abacus Implementation for X (Linux and friends) and Windows

Icon	Latest Source	Latest Windows	Man Page	README	LSM	Older Versions	Ancient Versions
	xabacus-latest.tar.xz	wabacus-latest.zip	xabacus	xabacus.README	xabacus.lsm	At SillyCycle	At Ibiblio

A Transparent Abacus

Latest UNIX/VMS version is 8.9.3 and was written in C/C++. Windows version has same source and compiled with MinGW (though does have less features).

See project notes for todo list and history.

Notes

Learning the Abacus

ABACUS Guide Book

HOW TO LEARN LEE'S ABACUS

Books by Takashi Kojima

The Japanese Abacus, Its Use and Theory

Advanced Abacus Japanese Theory and Practice

The Abacus

Salamis Tablet

TOMOE Soroban

Short story by Isaac Asimov The Feeling of Power

Rhymes with Orange Cartoon 2011-08-22 (on 12th page)