scalpel against the vmdk may work if all of this conditions are satisfied:
there was no other vmdk stored on that datastore other then your two ones
you used thick provisioning
otherwise you would use scalpel against the files inside the vmdk
scalpel against the vmdk may work if all of this conditions are satisfied:
there was no other vmdk stored on that datastore other then your two ones
you used thick provisioning
otherwise you would use scalpel against the files inside the vmdk