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Hello there,
I am trying to install an existing virtual hard drive which is a vmdk file. However I got the following error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Failed to open the hard disk file C:\Users\whatever\Downloads\testing\OWASP_Broken_Web_Apps_VM_1.1.1.7z.

Could not get the storage format of the medium 'C:\Users\whatever\Downloads\testing\OWASP_Broken_Web_Apps_VM_1.1.1.7z' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).

Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component: Medium
Interface: IMedium {05f2bbb6-a3a6-4fb9-9b49-6d0dda7142ac}
Callee: IVirtualBox {fafa4e17-1ee2-4905-a10e-fe7c18bf5554}
Callee RC: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)

As the error message says, what you have there is a ".7z" file, not a VMDK. I assume you probably need to decompress it first.

And, since it calls itself a VM rather than just a disk, I assume what you'll find inside is an OVA or OVF appliance which you need to import into VirtualBox using File|Import....

Note: if you find an OVF plus a VMDK then you must not attempt to use the VMDK directly, because it will be compressed as well. You must use the import feature.

Thanks Mpack,
I've just never seen that compressed file format before.