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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.
Rescue Media Builder - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect KnowledgebaseWindows 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
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