Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 10 LTSC 2021
       #1

    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it


    During SSD cloning I accidentally deleted the recovery partition. I followed some posts on how to restore it, but can't get it to work. It always ends up using the main C drive instead of the recovery partition.

    What I did:
    - Copied the original Winre.wim and ReAgent.xml from the installation file to System32/Recovery
    - Created a 450 MB primary NTFS formatted partition with diskpart where the old one was and set type ID to de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac

    Now when I run reagentc /enable, it works, but it uses the C:/Recovery folder instead of the recovery partition, which remains empty.

    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it-bcd1.png

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    How do I make it use the recovery partition and not C:/Recovery ?
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  2. Posts : 5,029
    several
       #2

    try this:

    reagentc /disable

    then copy winre.wim to the recovery partition

    then use /setreimage /path <dir_name> to point at it

    then reagentc /enable

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    example:

    reagentc /disable

    in this example winre.wim was then copied to partition\recovery\winre\winre.wim

    point /setreimage to the directory containing winre.wim

    reagentc /setreimage /path \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume4\recovery\winre

    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it-reagentc-setreimage.jpg

    now you have set the path, enable it

    reagentc /enable

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    if you are not sure of the device path ( the bit in red above ), you find it easily with diskgenius

    click on a volume then rt click and copy its device path

    ( /setreimage can also work with a drive letter or volume guid )

    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it-dg-device-path.jpg
    Last edited by SIW2; 21 Feb 2023 at 13:13.
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  3. Posts : 33,823
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #3

    Kidades said:
    During SSD cloning I accidentally deleted the recovery partition. I followed some posts on how to restore it, but can't get it to work. It always ends up using the main C drive instead of the recovery partition.....

    ....How do I make it use the recovery partition and not C:/Recovery ?
    It's actually not necessary to do anything. The C: drive is a valid location, Windows' alternate choice when it can't make room for a recovery partition. One of my machines is set up the same way. I'd leave it as it is, make life a lot simpler not having another partition to worry about when cloning a drive, backing up, etc..
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  4. Posts : 18,482
    Windows 11 Pro
       #4

    Bree said:
    It's actually not necessary to do anything. The C: drive is a valid location, Windows' alternate choice when it can't make room for a recovery partition. One of my machines is set up the same way. I'd leave it as it is, make life a lot simpler not having another partition to worry about when cloning a drive, backing up, etc..
    Agreed! I'm not seeing a problem that need correcting
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  5. Posts : 2
    Windows 10 LTSC 2021
    Thread Starter
       #5

    SIW2 said:
    try this:

    reagentc /disable

    then copy winre.wim to the recovery partition

    then use /setreimage /path <dir_name> to point at it

    then reagentc /enable

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    example:

    reagentc /disable

    in this example winre.wim was then copied to partition\recovery\winre\winre.wim

    point /setreimage to the directory containing winre.wim

    reagentc /setreimage /path \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume4\recovery\winre

    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it-reagentc-setreimage.jpg

    now you have set the path, enable it

    reagentc /enable

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    if you are not sure of the device path ( the bit in red above ), you find it easily with diskgenius

    click on a volume then rt click and copy its device path

    ( /setreimage can also work with a drive letter or volume guid )

    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it-dg-device-path.jpg
    I tried that but it didn't work. It simply copied the winre image back from the recovery partition to C:/recovery

    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it-567.png

    That command seems to change the source directory for the image file. What I need is to change the destination where it gets copied upon using /enable.

    If it can't be fixed, I'll just get rid of the recovery partition and let it use C as other posters mentioned.
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  6. Posts : 5,029
    several
       #6

    I havent got win10 ltsc, however I just tested again on win7 and win11.

    Works as expected.

    reagentc /info
    winre location shows partition5\recovery\windowsre folder

    reagentc /disable

    then copy winre.wim to partition4\recovery\windowsre folder

    reagentc /setreimage /path \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume4\recovery\windowsre


    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it-setreimage2a.jpg


    reagentc /enable

    reagentc /info

    shows winre location is now set to partition4\recovery\windowsre folder

    Deleted Windows 10 recovery partition and can't restore it-setreimage3a.jpg
    Last edited by SIW2; 24 Feb 2023 at 01:40.
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