Do not delete your Windows Recovery Partition without reading this!

Try3 said:

This is my entire knowledge of reagentc

- The built-in Help file shown in the response to reagentc /?
- The built-in Help file shown in the response to reagentc -Boottore /?
- A shortcut with the Target field ReAgentc.exe /boottore boots to the WRE
Extraneous Partitions [ReagentC info - dalchina] - TenForums
reagentc example [NavyLCdr] - TenForums
Reset Recovery Image - TenForumsTutorials
Show Location of Recovery Image used to Reset Windows 10 - TenForumsTutorials


Best of luck,
Denis

Nice links. Thanks for that.

Compumind said:

@cereberus -

Yes, but a repair install modifies the filesystem to an extent, this approach doesn't.
Just two files.

But a system upgrade can also fix underlying issues as well. In the end, it is up to an individual which method to use.

The "WinRE.wim" is stored in Windows/System32/Recovery/WindowsRE - when ever " Recovery" is Disabled (Reagentc /Disable).....
However once "Recovery" is enabled - then the WinRE.wim is either place into the Recovery Partition (if a Partition exists) or into a Folder (C;/Recovery) if recovery partition does not exist...
You should always use (Reagentc /disable) before deleting any partition, deleting Recovery Folder or Cloning just the OS Partition... As by Disabling Recovery - the wim file is properly placed back into the OS file structure....
And YES if by chance it is Missing - it can be extracted from the Installation/Setup Media....... be sure to also extract the Reagentc.xml file - as that file is what Re-Directs the Recovery Option and points to the New Location of WinRE (WinRE.wim)

As Kyhi says, deleting your recovery partition without first using Reagentc /disable is a good way to loose your only copy of winre.wim. If you do so, then Macrium cannot replace it for you. You'll have to extract a copy from the Windows install media, as Kyhi said. You can use 7-Zip file Manager to open the install.esd (or install.wim) to do that.


Reflect relies on WinRE.wim being present in one of the standard locations.

Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)

Files for the Windows Recovery rescue environment are pre-existing and located on the local file system. The folowinng folders, and sub-folders are searched for file WinRE.wim

C:\Windows\System32\Recovery

<ALL VOLUMES>\Recovery

Rescue Media Builder - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

@Kyhi - @Bree -

I did not use the reagentc /disable command before deleting my recovery partition for good.

The input is appreciated!

We all have had those Learning moments - but this one - was an easy fix..
Sometimes it is not always so easy..

Kyhi said:

We all have had those Learning moments - but this one - was an easy fix..
Sometimes it is not always so easy..

It wasn't hard but very time consuming. Look at the long procedure.
Now, I know exactly what to do before deleting the Recovery Partition.

Thanks again.

Ghot said:

I'm not positive, but I think Macrium will NOW give you the option to choose either Windows PE or WinRE.
You will have to check that ofc.
It may be that you only get one chance to choose... and that would be on install.
I'm pretty sure that sometime, either on free v7 or paid v8, I had the choice... I think.



@Compumind

Your tutorial there, sounds a lot like what I remembered from before. Excellent job.

The option to use RE or various PE versions in MR is there in the advanced dialogue of the rescue media build in the Base WIM tab.

kado897 said:

The option to use RE or various PE versions in MR is there in the advanced dialogue of the rescue media build in the Base WIM tab.

PE yes but not RE, after the deletion of the Recovery Partition.

Compumind said:

PE yes but not RE, after the deletion of the Recovery Partition.

Of course.