Convert VMware OVA and VMDK to Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk VHDX using free StarWind V2V Converter

How to convert VMware OVA and VMDK files to Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk VHDX format using the free StarWind V2V Converter. Extract VMDK from OVA file using 7-Zip and convert to VHDX using StarWind V2V Converter.

In this example, we are converting an ova file created using VMware workstation to a Hyper-V vhdx file. We will extract the VMware vmdk file from the ova file using 7-Zip and convert it to Hyper-V format using the free StarWind V2V Converter.

Extract VMDK file from OVA using 7-Zip

Extract the .ova file with 7-Zip to get the VMware .vmdk disk image file

Right click - 7-Zip - Extract to folder

The .vmdk file has been extracted

Download and install StarWind V2V Converter

Free V2V Converter / P2V Migrator
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter

Convert VMDK to VHDX using StarWind V2V Converter

Select location of image to convert

Local file

Source image

Browse to select the .vmdk file

Select location of destination image

Local file

Select destination image format

VHD/VHDX

Select option for VHD/VHDX image format

VHDX growable image

Set destination file name

Enter the path for the new vhdx file

VMDK conversion in progress

VMWare virtual hard disk file is being converted

New Hyper-V VHDX file has been created

Create Hyper-V VM using VHDX file

Finally, to test the converted VHDX file, we created a Hyper-V VM, attached the new disk, and it loaded Windows OK