Windows has the wrong location for the recovery partition

I recently deleted the 2 OEM recovery partitions on the SSD on my laptop (now running version 1909), moved the Windows recovery partition to the end of the disk, and extended my C: drive to take up the newly vacated space. However, now the recovery partition is no longer labelled as a recovery partition in Disk Management. And when I type reagentc /info at the command prompt I get the following:
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configurationInformation: Windows RE status: Enabled Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 16f70634-8e2e-11e9-a0cb-8f79f51c2075 Recovery image location: Recovery image index: 0 Custom image location: Custom image index: 0REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

It says that the recovery partition is partition 4, but I only have three partitions on the disk: the EFI system partition, C:, and the one at the end that ought to be the recovery partition, but seems no longer to be. How do I restore the recovery partition and get Windows to know its new location? I've got as far as extracting a winre.wim file from Windows install media, so I just need to know the steps after that.

I wouldnt bother messing about with a major update any day now it will be out of date if you do it now and the new update will create a new one

ricecrispies said:

I recently deleted the 2 OEM recovery partitions on the SSD on my laptop (now running version 1909), moved the Windows recovery partition to the end of the disk, and extended my C: drive to take up the newly vacated space. However, now the recovery partition is no longer labelled as a recovery partition in Disk Management. And when I type reagentc /info at the command prompt I get the following:
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configurationInformation: Windows RE status: Enabled Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 16f70634-8e2e-11e9-a0cb-8f79f51c2075 Recovery image location: Recovery image index: 0 Custom image location: Custom image index: 0REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

It says that the recovery partition is partition 4, but I only have three partitions on the disk: the EFI system partition, C:, and the one at the end that ought to be the recovery partition, but seems no longer to be. How do I restore the recovery partition and get Windows to know its new location? I've got as far as extracting a winre.wim file from Windows install media, so I just need to know the steps after that.

There are 4 partitions on the disk. After the EFI system partition the is a tiny Microsoft System Reserved (MSR) partition that will not show up in disk management. It will if you list partition in diskpart:

Code:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: JOHN-LAPTOP

DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    System             100 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    Reserved            16 MB   101 MB
  Partition 3    Primary            476 GB   117 MB

DISKPART>

NavyLCDR said:

There are 4 partitions on the disk. After the EFI system partition the is a tiny Microsoft System Reserved (MSR) partition that will not show up in disk management. It will if you list partition in diskpart:

Oh, I see. I was confused by the fact that Disk Management doesn't say that it is a recovery partition, whereas it correctly identifies the recovery partition on my other computer. Is there a reason for this?

It's just a volume label. It won't hurt that it isn't there.

That's put my mind at rest. Thank you.

For confirmation you can view the 16 MB hidden reserved partition using MiniTool partition wizard:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com


https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...ive-partitions

Partition layout

The default partition layout for UEFI-based PCs is: a system partition, an MSR, a Windows partition, and a recovery tools partition.

diagram of default partition layout: system, msr, windows, and recovery

Or just use the built in diskpart commands.