Parallels Desktop or Workstation virtual hard disk
File type: Virtual machine, virtualization software related file
Files with hdd file extension can be mostly found as virtual hard drives from Parallels Workstation and Parallels Desktop for Mac.
Found 2 different file type records with the same hdd filename suffix.
File type category:
Virtual machine, virtualization software related file
Date updated: June 20, 2024
The hdd file extension is mainly associated with Parallels Workstation and Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualization software - a family of competitive products to VMware Workstation.
A typical .hdd file (Virtual Machine hard disk) contains virtual disk image of operation system and programs usable in Parallels Workstation. It is stored in the .pvm virtual machine container.
This file can be mounted by Parallels Mounter tool. Parallels Mounter allows you to browse the contents of your virtual machines and virtual hard disks directly in the Finder, without starting Parallels Explorer. But unlike Parallels Explorer, Parallels Mounter doesn't support VMware, Microsoft PC, and VirtualBox virtual machine files. Parallels Mounter is automatically installed along with Parallels Desktop for Mac.
Use with Parallels virtualization software to work with the *.hdd files. This file can be mounted like new drive into you host OS by Parallels mounter tool.
Various virtual machine files can be usually converted for use on different virtualization platforms. Typically done with some kind of export function.
Parallels Workstation (Microsoft Windows)
VirtualBox (Microsoft Windows)
Parallels Desktop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VirtualBox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VirtualBox for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Parallels Workstation for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Parallels Workstation (Microsoft Windows)
VirtualBox (Microsoft Windows)
Parallels Desktop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VirtualBox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VirtualBox for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Parallels Workstation for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Parallels Workstation (Microsoft Windows)
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone (Microsoft Windows)
VirtualBox (Microsoft Windows)
Parallels Desktop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VirtualBox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VirtualBox for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Parallels Workstation for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Parallels Workstation (Microsoft Windows)
VirtualBox (Microsoft Windows)
Parallels Desktop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VirtualBox for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VirtualBox for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Parallels Workstation for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Parallels Desktop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 22, 2018
The hdd file extension is associated with the HelloDOC French application for doctors and other employees in health care.
The hdd file contains various data used for internal purposes of the HelloDOC software.
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