Your best bet to convert HDD virtual disk to VMDK is to use the standalone VMWare vCenter Converter. However, there might be other virtualization programs that can achieve hdd to vmdk conversion as well. This is usually done via some import/export function or something similar.
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Conversion of hdd file format to vmdk file format beta
Search for hdd to vmdk converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Parallels Desktop or Workstation virtual hard disk to VMware virtual disk.
We have found 4 software records in our database eligible for .hdd to .vmdk file format conversion.
Articles and other information relating to hdd into vmdk conversion:
Convert Parallels Desktop virtual machine to Vmware Workstation - Convert Parallels virtual machine format into VMware virtual machine disk with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert hdd to vmdk on Windows
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
Converter for virtual machines
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from hdd file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
to vmdk file | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned hdd to vmdk. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
VirtualBox
A multi-platform x86 virtualization software package
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert hdd to vmdk on OS X
VirtualBox for Mac
Free open-source x86 virtualization software package for Mac
Linux/Unix software 
- convert hdd to vmdk on Linux
VirtualBox for Linux
Free system virtualization platform for Linux operating system developed by Oracle
Additional links: Open hdd file, Open vmdk file
HDD
Files with hdd file extension can be mostly found as virtual hard drives from Parallels Workstation and Parallels Desktop for Mac.
VMDK
A vmdk file extension is used for default virtual disk format of VMware virtualization software. A vmdk file stores contents of virtual machine hard disk drive. There can be more vmdk files for each virtual machines, depending on the specified amount of virtual hard drive assigned to it. It also can store information about partitions virtual drive is able to access.
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