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1 2 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 # $File: virtual,v 1.23 2026/04/15 16:56:41 christos Exp $ 4 # From: James Nobis <quel (a] quelrod.net> 5 # Microsoft hard disk images for: 6 # Virtual Server 7 # Virtual PC 8 # VirtualBox 9 # URL: http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/VHD_(Virtual_Hard_Disk) 10 # Reference: https://download.microsoft.com/download/f/f/e/ffef50a5-07dd-4cf8-aaa3-442c0673a029/ 11 # Virtual%20Hard%20Disk%20Format%20Spec_10_18_06.doc 12 0 string conectix Microsoft Disk Image, Virtual Server or Virtual PC 13 # alternative shorter names 14 #0 string conectix Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk image 15 #0 string conectix Microsoft Virtual HD image 16 !:mime application/x-virtualbox-vhd 17 !:ext vhd 18 # Features is a bit field used to indicate specific feature support 19 #>8 ubelong !0x00000002 \b, Features %#x 20 # Reserved. This bit must always be set to 1. 21 #>8 ubelong &0x00000002 \b, Reserved %#x 22 # File Format Version for the current specification 0x00010000 23 #>12 ubelong !0x00010000 \b, Version %#8.8x 24 # Data Offset only found 0x200 25 #>16 ubequad !0x200 \b, Data Offset %#llx 26 #>16 ubequad x \b, at %#llx 27 # Dynamic Disk Header cookie like cxsparse 28 #>(16.Q) string x "%-.8s" 29 # This field contains a Unicode string (UTF-16) of the parent hard disk filename 30 #>(16.Q+64) ubequad x \b, parent name %#llx 31 # Creator Application 32 # vpc~Microsoft Virtual PC, vs~Microsoft Virtual Server, vbox~VirtualBox, d2v~disk2vhd 33 >28 string x \b, Creator %-4.4s 34 # Creator Version: 0x00010000~Virtual Server 2004, 0x00050000~Virtual PC 2004 35 # holds the major/minor version of the application that created the image 36 >32 ubeshort x %x 37 >34 ubeshort x \b.%x 38 #>32 ubelong x \b, Version %#8.8x 39 # Creator Host OS: 0x5769326B~Windows (Wi2k), 0x4D616320~Macintosh (Mac) 40 >36 ubelong x ( 41 >>36 ubelong 0x5769326B \bW2k 42 >>36 ubelong 0x4D616320 \bMac 43 >>36 default x \b0x 44 >>>36 ubelong x \b%8.8x 45 # creation Time in seconds since 1 Jan 2000 UTC~946684800 sec. since Unix Epoch 46 >24 bedate+946684800 x \b) %s 47 # Original Size 48 #>40 ubequad x \b, o.-Size %#llx 49 # Current Size is same as original size, but change when disk is expanded 50 #>48 ubequad x \b, Size %#llx 51 >48 ubequad x \b, %llu bytes 52 # Disk Geometry: cylinder, heads, and sectors/track for hard disk 53 #>56 ubeshort x \b, Cylinder %#x 54 >56 ubeshort x \b, CHS %u 55 # Heads 56 #>58 ubyte x \b, Heads %#x 57 >58 ubyte x \b/%u 58 # Sectors per track 59 #>59 ubyte x \b, Sectors %#x 60 >59 ubyte x \b/%u 61 # Disk Type: 3~Dynamic hard disk 62 >60 ubelong !0x3 \b, type %#x 63 # Checksum 64 #>64 ubelong x \b, cksum %#x 65 # universally unique identifier (UUID) to associate a parent with its differencing image 66 #>68 ubequad x \b, id %#16.16llx 67 #>76 ubequad x \b-%16.16llx 68 # Saved State: 1~Saved State 69 >84 ubyte !0 \b, State %#x 70 # Reserved 427 bytes with nils 71 #>85 ubequad !0 \b, Reserved %#16.16llx 72 73 # From: Joerg Jenderek 74 # URL: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt740058.aspx 75 # Reference: https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/ 76 # MS-VHDX/[MS-VHDX].pdf 77 # Note: extends the VHD format with new capabilities, such as a 16TB maximum size 78 # TODO: find and display values like virtual size, disk size, cluster_size, etc 79 # display id in GUID format 80 # 81 # VHDX_FILE_IDENTIFIER signature 0x656C696678646876 82 0 string vhdxfile 83 # VHDX_HEADER signature. 1 header is stored at offset 64KB and the other at 128KB 84 >0x10000 string head Microsoft Disk Image eXtended 85 #>0x20000 string head \b, 2nd header 86 #!:mime application/x-virtualbox-vhdx 87 !:ext vhdx 88 # Creator[256] like "QEMU v3.0.0", "Microsoft Windows 6.3.9600.18512" 89 >>8 lestring16 x \b, by %.256s 90 # The Checksum field is a CRC-32C hash over the entire 4 KB structure 91 #>>0x10004 ulelong x \b, CRC %#x 92 # SequenceNumber 93 >>0x10008 ulequad x \b, sequence %#llx 94 # FileWriteGuid 95 #>>0x10010 ubequad x \b, file id %#llx 96 #>>>0x10018 ubequad x \b-%llx 97 # DataWriteGuid 98 #>>0x10020 ubequad x \b, data id %#llx 99 #>>>0x10028 ubequad x \b-%llx 100 # LogGuid. If this field is zero, then the log is empty or has no valid entries 101 >>0x10030 ubequad >0 \b, log id %#llx 102 >>>0x10038 ubequad x \b-%llx 103 # LogVersion. If not 0 there is a log to replay 104 >>0x10040 uleshort >0 \b, LogVersion %#x 105 # Version. This field must be set to 1 106 >>0x10042 uleshort !1 \b, Version %#x 107 # LogLength must be multiples of 1 MB 108 >>0x10044 ulelong/1048576 >1 \b, LogLength %u MB 109 # LogOffset (normally 0x100000 when log direct after header); multiples of 1 MB 110 >>0x10048 ulequad !0x100000 \b, LogOffset %#llx 111 # Log Entry Signature must be 0x65676F6C~loge 112 >>(0x10048.q) ulelong !0x65676F6C \b, NO Log Signature 113 >>(0x10048.q) ulelong =0x65676F6C \b; LOG 114 # Log Entry Checksum 115 #>>>(0x10048.q+4) ulelong x \b, Log CRC %#x 116 # Log Entry Length must be a multiple of 4 KB 117 >>>(0x10048.q+8) ulelong/1024 >4 \b, EntryLength %u KB 118 # Log Entry Tail must be a multiple of 4 KB 119 #>>>(0x10048.q+12) ulelong x \b, Tail %#x 120 # Log Entry SequenceNumber 121 #>>>(0x10048.q+16) ulequad x \b, # %#llx 122 # Log Entry DescriptorCount may be zero. only 4 bytes in other docs instead 8 123 #>>>(0x10048.q+24) ulelong x \b, DescriptorCount %#llx 124 # Log Entry Reserved must be set to 0 125 >>>(0x10048.q+28) ulelong !0 \b, Reserved %#x 126 # Log Entry LogGuid 127 #>>>(0x10048.q+32) ubequad x \b, Log id %#llx 128 #>>>(0x10048.q+40) ubequad x \b-%llx 129 # Log Entry FlushedFileOffset should VHDX size when entry is written. 130 #>>>(0x10048.q+48) ulequad x \b, FlushedFileOffset %llu 131 # Log Entry LastFileOffset 132 #>>>(0x10048.q+56) ulequad x \b, LastFileOffset %llu 133 # filling 134 #>>>(0x10048.q+64) ulequad >0 \b, filling %llx 135 # Reserved[4016] 136 #>>0x10050 ulequad >0 \b, Reserved %#llx 137 # VHDX_REGION_TABLE_HEADER Signature 0x69676572~regi at offset 192 KB and 256 KB 138 >0x30000 ulelong !0x69676572 Microsoft Disk Image Extended, 1st region INVALID 139 >0x30000 ulelong =0x69676572 Microsoft Disk Image Extended; region 140 # region Checksum. CRC-32C hash over the entire 64-KB table 141 #>>0x30004 ulelong x \b, CRC %#x 142 # The EntryCount specifies number of valid entries; Found 2; This must be =< 2047. 143 >>0x30008 ulelong x \b, %u entries 144 # reserved must be zero 145 #>>0x3000C ulelong !0 \b, RESERVED %#x 146 # Region Table Entry starts with identifier for the object. often BAT id 147 >>0x30010 use vhdx-id 148 # FileOffset 149 >>0x30020 ulequad x \b, at %#llx 150 # Length. Specifies the length of the object within the file 151 #>>0x30028 ulelong x \b, Length %#x 152 # 1 means region entry is required. if region not recognized, then REFUSE to load VHDX 153 >>0x3002C ulelong x \b, Required %u 154 # 2nd region entry often metadata id 155 >>0x30030 use vhdx-id 156 # 2nd entry FileOffset 157 >>0x30040 ulequad x \b, at %#llx 158 # 1 means region entry is required. if region not recognized, then REFUSE to load VHDX 159 >>0x3004C ulelong x \b, Required %u 160 # 2nd region 161 >>0x40000 ulelong !0x69676572 \b, 2nd region INVALID 162 # check in vhdx images for known id and show names instead hexadecimal 163 0 name vhdx-id 164 # https://www.windowstricks.in/online-windows-guid-converter 165 # 2DC27766-F623-4200-9D64-115E9BFD4A08 BAT GUID 166 # 6677C22D23F600429D64115E9BFD4A08 BAT ID 167 >0 ubequad =0x6677C22D23F60042 168 >>8 ubequad =0x9D64115E9BFD4A08 \b, id BAT 169 # no BAT id 170 >>8 default x 171 >>>0 use vhdx-id-hex 172 # 8B7CA206-4790-4B9A-B8FE-575F050F886E Metadata region GUID 173 # 06A27C8B90479A4BB8FE575F050F886E Metadata region ID 174 >0 ubequad =0x06A27C8B90479A4B 175 >>8 ubequad =0xB8FE575F050F886E \b, id Metadata 176 # no Metadata id 177 >>8 default x 178 >>>0 use vhdx-id-hex 179 # 2FA54224-CD1B-4876-B211-5DBED83BF4B8 Virtual Disk Size GUID 180 # 2442A52F1BCD7648B2115DBED83BF4B8 Virtual Disk Size ID 181 # value "virtual size" can be verified by command `qemu-img info ` 182 >0 ubequad =0x2442A52F1BCD7648 183 >>8 ubequad =0xB2115DBED83BF4B8 \b, id vsize 184 # no Virtual Disk Size ID 185 >>8 default x 186 >>>0 use vhdx-id-hex 187 # other ids 188 >0 default x 189 >>0 use vhdx-id-hex 190 # in vhdx images show id as hexadecimal 191 0 name vhdx-id-hex 192 >0 ubequad x \b, ID %#16.16llx 193 >8 ubequad x \b-%16.16llx 194 # 195 # libvirt 196 # From: Philipp Hahn <hahn (a] univention.de> 197 0 string LibvirtQemudSave Libvirt QEMU Suspend Image 198 >0x10 lelong x \b, version %u 199 >0x14 lelong x \b, XML length %u 200 >0x18 lelong 1 \b, running 201 >0x1c lelong 0 \b, RAW (no compression) 202 >0x1c lelong 1 \b, gzip compressed 203 >0x1c lelong 2 \b, bzip2 compressed 204 >0x1c lelong 3 \b, xz compressed 205 >0x1c lelong 4 \b, lzop compressed 206 207 0 string LibvirtQemudPart Libvirt QEMU partial Suspend Image 208 # From: Alex Beregszaszi <alex (a] fsn.hu> 209 0 string/b COWD VMWare3 210 >4 byte 3 disk image 211 >>32 lelong x (%d/ 212 >>36 lelong x \b%d/ 213 >>40 lelong x \b%d) 214 >4 byte 2 undoable disk image 215 >>32 string >\0 (%s) 216 217 0 string/b VMDK VMware4 disk image 218 0 string/b KDMV VMware4 disk image 219 220 #-------------------------------------------------------------------- 221 # Qemu Emulator Images 222 # Lines written by Friedrich Schwittay (f.schwittay (a] yousable.de) 223 # Updated by Adam Buchbinder (adam.buchbinder (a] gmail.com) 224 # Made by reading sources, reading documentation, and doing trial and error 225 # on existing QCOW files 226 0 string/b QFI\xFB QEMU QCOW Image 227 !:mime application/x-qemu-disk 228 229 # Uncomment the following line to display Magic (only used for debugging 230 # this magic number) 231 #>0 string/b x , Magic: %s 232 233 # There are currently 2 Versions: "1" and "2". 234 # https://www.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format-version-1.html 235 >4 belong x (v%d) 236 237 # Using the existence of the Backing File Offset to determine whether 238 # to read Backing File Information 239 >>12 belong >0 \b, has backing file ( 240 # Note that this isn't a null-terminated string; the length is actually 241 # (16.L). Assuming a null-terminated string happens to work usually, but it 242 # may spew junk until it reaches a \0 in some cases. 243 >>>(12.L) string >\0 \bpath %s 244 245 # Modification time of the Backing File 246 # Really useful if you want to know if your backing 247 # file is still usable together with this image 248 >>>>20 bedate >0 \b, mtime %s) 249 >>>>20 default x \b) 250 251 # Size is stored in bytes in a big-endian u64. 252 >>24 bequad x \b, %lld bytes 253 254 # 1 for AES encryption, 0 for none. 255 >>36 belong 1 \b, AES-encrypted 256 257 # https://www.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html 258 >4 belong 2 (v2) 259 # Using the existence of the Backing File Offset to determine whether 260 # to read Backing File Information 261 >>8 bequad >0 \b, has backing file 262 # Note that this isn't a null-terminated string; the length is actually 263 # (16.L). Assuming a null-terminated string happens to work usually, but it 264 # may spew junk until it reaches a \0 in some cases. Also, since there's no 265 # .Q modifier, we just use the bottom four bytes as an offset. Note that if 266 # the file is over 4G, and the backing file path is stored after the first 4G, 267 # the wrong filename will be printed. (This should be (8.Q), when that syntax 268 # is introduced.) 269 >>>(12.L) string >\0 (path %s) 270 >>24 bequad x \b, %lld bytes 271 >>32 belong 1 \b, AES-encrypted 272 273 >4 belong 3 (v3) 274 # Using the existence of the Backing File Offset to determine whether 275 # to read Backing File Information 276 >>8 bequad >0 \b, has backing file 277 # Note that this isn't a null-terminated string; the length is actually 278 # (16.L). Assuming a null-terminated string happens to work usually, but it 279 # may spew junk until it reaches a \0 in some cases. Also, since there's no 280 # .Q modifier, we just use the bottom four bytes as an offset. Note that if 281 # the file is over 4G, and the backing file path is stored after the first 4G, 282 # the wrong filename will be printed. (This should be (8.Q), when that syntax 283 # is introduced.) 284 >>>(12.L) string >\0 (path %s) 285 >>24 bequad x \b, %lld bytes 286 >>32 belong 1 \b, AES-encrypted 287 288 >4 default x (unknown version) 289 290 0 string/b QEVM QEMU suspend to disk image 291 292 # QEMU QED Image 293 # https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/QED/Specification 294 0 string/b QED\0 QEMU QED Image 295 296 # VDI Image 297 # Sun xVM VirtualBox Disk Image 298 # From: Richard W.M. Jones <rich (a] annexia.org> 299 # VirtualBox Disk Image 300 0x40 ulelong 0xbeda107f VirtualBox Disk Image 301 >0x44 uleshort >0 \b, major %u 302 >0x46 uleshort >0 \b, minor %u 303 >0 string >\0 (%s) 304 >368 lequad x \b, %lld bytes 305 306 # From: Joerg Jenderek 307 # URL: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-modifynvram 308 # Reference: http://mark0.net/download/triddefs_xml.7z/defs/n/nvram-virtualbox.trid.xml 309 # Note: called "VirtualBox saved (U)EFI BIOS settings" by TrID and 310 # verfied partly by VirtualBox version 7.0.12 `VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> listvars` 311 # first 64 bytes seems to be constant 312 0 long 0 313 >0x28 string _FVH 314 >>0x64 beshort 0xAA55 315 >>>0 use virtualbox-nvram 316 # display information of virtualbox *.nvram 317 0 name virtualbox-nvram 318 >0x64 beshort x VirtualBox NVRAM file 319 #!:mime application/octet-stream 320 !:mime application/x-virtualbox-nvram 321 !:ext nvram 322 323 0 string/b Bochs\ Virtual\ HD\ Image Bochs disk image, 324 >32 string x type %s, 325 >48 string x subtype %s 326 327 0 lelong 0x02468ace Bochs Sparse disk image 328 329 # QEMU replay image 330 # From: Alexandre Iooss <erdnaxe (a] crans.org> 331 # URL: https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/replay.html 332 # Reference: https://gitlab.com/qemu/qemu/-/blob/master/replay/replay.c 333 0 ubelong&0xFFFFFFF0 0x00e02000 334 >3 byte >5 335 >>4 quad 0 336 >>>12 ulelong <40 QEMU replay 337 >>>>3 byte x \b, version %d 338 >>>>3 byte 6 (QEMU 2.10-2.11) 339 >>>>3 byte 7 (QEMU 2.12-4.1) 340 >>>>3 byte 8 (QEMU 4.2) 341 >>>>3 byte 9 (QEMU 5.0) 342 >>>>3 byte 10 (QEMU 5.1-7.0) 343 >>>>3 byte 12 (QEMU 7.1+) 344 345 # Parallels disk image 346 0 string WithoutFreeSpace Parallels disk image 347 0 string WithouFreSpacExt Parallels disk image (extended) 348
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