Configuring System Image on Recovery Partition

Hello - I have just done a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro to my reasonably old hardware.

I am running a boot loader called Clover which emulates EFI and Windows 10 has therefore been installed to a GPT disk.

I manually configured the partitions according to this:

Sample: Configure UEFI/GPT-Based Hard Drive Partitions by Using Windows PE and DiskPart

Giving me this:



I understand that the 1st 300 MB partition is to hold the recovery environment which I think is configured since the following is returned:

Code:

C:\Windows\system32>REAGENTC.EXE /Info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:

    Windows RE status:         Enabled
    Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk1\partition5\Recove
ry\WindowsRE
    Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: ca5cef0b-45f1-11e5-9e89-ac5f2b72bb
e9
    Recovery image location:
    Recovery image index:      0
    Custom image location:
    Custom image index:        0

REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

Am I on the right track when I say that I now need to create the recovery image in to the 14.65GB partition ?

Can Windows 10 do this or must I use a tool such as AOMEI OneKey Recovery ?

I booted in to Windows PE and ran disk part to find out the drive letters and this has shown that the Windows drive is mounted under Windows PE as C: and the 15 GB as K:
I then ran:

Code:

dism /capture-image /image-file:k:\windows10_pro.wim /capturedir:C:\ /name:"Windows 10 Pro"

The image file got create ok however the system restore is unable find the drive and hence also not the wim file.

several issues..
I assume you are running windows 10 OS

Windows 10 does not use a recovery image or recovery image partition - it uses the component store..

The reagentc info you posted shows winre on partition 5 > 14.65GB < not 300MB partition
the reason for this is because windows 10 uses a 450MB recovery tools partition

Thanks Kyhi for the reply.

Yes I am running Windows 10 Pro - a fresh install using the "upgrade key"

Point 6 under Option 1 here:

DISM - Repair Windows 10 Image - Windows 10 Forums

indicates that a wim image can be used for repair as an alternative to the online DISM actions.

If I reinstalled I assume the Windows RE 450 MB partition would get created. However do you know if there is a recommended partitioning scheme to allow wim file to be kept on the local disk in order to use :

Code:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\sources\install.wim:1 /limitaccess

Thanks again !