Extract text from virtual floppy disks (VFD)
To convert VFD virtual disks to another format, you need Microsoft Virtual PC or other Disk Image software.
To convert other file formats to the "Virtualization Disk Image" file type, you need software like Microsoft Virtual PC or a similar tool.
A .vfd file is primarily a Virtual Floppy Disk image file. It contains an exact sector-by-sector, byte-for-byte digital copy of a physical floppy disk, usually 1.44 MB or 2.88 MB in capacity. These files are traditionally used by virtualization environments like Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Hyper-V, and WinImage to mount legacy A: or B: drives within a virtual machine.
Secondary uses of the .vfd extension include survey questionnaire data files generated by Electric Paper EvaSys and graphics collection files for Universal Remote Control (URC) devices. These secondary formats contain proprietary databases or serialized graphic settings specific to their respective ecosystems.
The main disadvantage of the .vfd format is its obsolescence. Physical floppy disks are dead, and storing data in tiny 1.44 MB virtual images is highly inefficient for modern workflows. The format is also strictly limited to older virtualization setups and fails to open natively in modern operating systems like Windows 11 or macOS. You must rely on third-party utilities to even view the internal files.
Users typically need to convert .vfd files to IMG (a raw, universally accepted disk image format) or ISO to ensure compatibility with modern virtual machines like VirtualBox or VMware. Alternatively, users just want to extract the underlying text or data files trapped inside the disk image.
Because a .vfd file is a closed, legacy binary image or a proprietary software container, standard online converters fail to process it.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VFD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted IMG, ISO, EXE, DICT, VSV and VUD files.
If you want to convert VFD file to IMG, ISO, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD, QCOW, QCOW2, RAW, VBOX or OVA, you can use Microsoft Virtual PC or similar software from the "Virtual Floppy Disk Image" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK, IMG or VMDK files to VFD, try Microsoft Virtual PC or another comparable tool in the "Virtual Floppy Disk Image" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VFD converter.