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    Find Reset Recovery Image Location in Windows 10

    How to Find Location of Recovery Image used to Reset Windows 10
    Published by Category: Installation & Upgrade
    26 Sep 2020
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to Find Location of Recovery Image used to Reset Windows 10


    If you're having problems with Windows 10 on your PC, you can try to refresh, reset, or restore it.

    When you reset your PC, it will remove everything and reinstall Windows 10 to start over completely with a clean install.

    When you reset Windows 10 you may be prompted to insert or connect your Windows 10 installation media or recovery drive if there is an issue with the default Windows image or if there's not an OEM factory recovery image present.

    If you create a reset recovery image, it is used instead of your OEM recovery image, installation media, or recovery drive for a push-button reset of Windows 10. A reset recovery image is basically like having your installation media always connected and ready to use to reset your PC with.

    This tutorial will show you how to find and see the location of the currently registered reset recovery image you created in Windows 10.

    You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.




    Here's How:

    1 Open an elevated command prompt.

    2 Copy and paste the reagentc /info command Into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)

    3 If there is currently not a reset recovery image registered, then you will see this below to the right of Recovery image location.

    It'll only show a location for Recovery image location if you created a custom reset image. Otherwise, Windows will use the default image in the C:\Recovery folder that's only listed for Windows RE location.

    Find Reset Recovery Image Location in Windows 10-no_reset_recovery_image.png

    4 If there is a reset recovery image registered, then you will see this below to the right of Recovery image location showing you the full path of the folder containing the install.wim file registered as the recovery image.

    It'll only show a location for Recovery image location if you created a custom reset image. Otherwise, Windows will use the default image in the C:\Recovery folder that's only listed for Windows RE location.

    Find Reset Recovery Image Location in Windows 10-show_reset_recovery_image-1.png

    To help make sense of the location path above, you can open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc).

    Looking at the displayed path above, the ResetRecoveryImage folder is saved to partition 1 on hard disk 1. In this example, partition 1 on hard disk 1 is the F: drive.

    Find Reset Recovery Image Location in Windows 10-disk_management.png

    This gives you the full path as F:\ResetRecoveryImage.

    Find Reset Recovery Image Location in Windows 10-show_reset_recovery_image-2.png


    5 When finished, you can close the command prompt if you like.


    That's it,
    Shawn






  1. Posts : 696
    Windows 10 Build 14267
       #1

    Thanks Brink !

    Excellent like always.

    :)
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  2. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #2

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  3. Posts : 14
    Windows 10
       #3

    Hello there. I installed Windows 10 from ISO, it is a pure clean install, not an OEM installation.
    My "Recovery Image Location" is empty. But i am able to Reset PC, how does this happen? I wonder where is my Reset Media? Thanks @Brink
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  4. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Hello isimsizkullan, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

    What does the reagentc /info command show for you?
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  5. Posts : 14
    Windows 10
       #5

    Thanks for quick reply.
    Here is the output.
    Code:
    Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
    Information:
    
        Windows RE status:         Enabled
        Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
        Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: efb877cf-c514-11e5-bedc-dc38f4d2685c
        Recovery image location:
        Recovery image index:      0
        Custom image location:
        Custom image index:        0
    
    REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
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  6. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #6

    That indicates that you didn't add a reset recovery image of your own, but Windows will use its default image included during installation for a reset. :)
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  7. Posts : 14
    Windows 10
       #7

    I wonder what is the location that default image? :)
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  8. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #8

    It's located in the protected hidden C:\Recovery folder.
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  9. Posts : 14
    Windows 10
       #9

    Can i see that file with live linux systems?
    Thank you, that means much to me.
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