Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Img file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to vmdk in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i photo.img -c "convert to vmdk" (how).
Let your AI agent convert Android Boot Image to VMDK
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install
Then ask your agent:
“Convert the Android Boot Image files in my Downloads folder to VMDK”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i photo.img -c "convert to vmdk"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert Android Boot Image to VMDK?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i photo.img -c "convert to vmdk" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
An Android boot image (boot.img, recovery.img) packs the kernel and ramdisk a phone or tablet boots from, in the ANDROID! header format mkbootimg writes; device makers and custom ROM tools flash it, and Samsung Odin needs it wrapped in a .tar.
VMDK files make up a virtual disk. The size of the virtuals disk determines the number of the vmdk files in it.
