Need to Reset Windows 10 Dual Boot (no recovery environement found)

Please post a share link for diskparinfo results (one drive, drop box, or google drive)

zbook said:

Please post a share link for diskparinfo results (one drive, drop box, or google drive)

DiskParInfo.log - Google Drive

edo101 said:

So I did a test reset after doing what you told me to do. However when i did reset on one partition, the other partition lost it's ability to reset.

Is there no way to make a recovery environment for each parition that won't require me including a Win 10 disk?

You could boot into the 1809 os, put the 1809 winre.wim in a folder on the 1809 os partition ( give the folder any name, perhaps Recov ). Then point reagentc at it.


If your reagent.xml file is a mess, replace it in 1809 windows\system32\recovery folder with the one from the 1809 installation media.

SIW2 said:

You could boot into the 1809 os, put the 1809 winre.wim in a folder on the 1809 os partition ( give the folder any name, perhaps Recov ). Then point reagentc at it.

I''m new to all this... But if it can't find a recovery environment, how would it be able to put winre.wim in the 1809 partition?
Or do I need to insert my 1809 disk and move it over?

I assume if I do put the winre in my 1809 parition, anytime I reset it with the option of "remove all apps and all my files", it will remove it?

Which then begs the question, is there a way to move the winRE to a different disk, in some folder? or make a different partition on the same drive and move both 1809 and 1909 winre to different folders to avoid confusion?

You can copy the entire windows\system32\recovery folder from the 1809 installation media into your current windows\system32 folder.

7-zip is the simplest way

These are the two fellas that are inside the windows\system32\recovery folder:

I think a new system deserve a clean install.

Which disk drives do you want to have the ability to boot Windows?
Which partitions do you want to dual boot?
Where do you want recovery options?

Code:

    Disk 0 is an SSD. It has 1 partition(s). Model: ADATA SU800   
    Disk 2 is an HDD. It has 1 partition(s). Model: SAMSUNG HD103SJ   
    Disk 3 is an HDD. It has 2 partition(s). Model: WDC WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0   
    Disk 4 is an SSD. It has 4 partition(s). Model: SHGP31-1000GM-2

zbook said:

Which disk drives do you want to have the ability to boot Windows?
Which partitions do you want to dual boot?
Where do you want recovery options?

Code:

    Disk 0 is an SSD. It has 1 partition(s). Model: ADATA SU800   
    Disk 2 is an HDD. It has 1 partition(s). Model: SAMSUNG HD103SJ   
    Disk 3 is an HDD. It has 2 partition(s). Model: WDC WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0   
    Disk 4 is an SSD. It has 4 partition(s). Model: SHGP31-1000GM-2

Well I just did a clean install yesterday on Disk 4 so that disk has my two WIndows 10 installations
If possible I'd like to have recovery options to be onn the same Disk 4...maybe on a different partition? Maybe on the 4th partition on that Disk 4 that has a free space of 671GB. Just so everything is in the same place. In that way if I ever need to pull my OS drive to insert somewhere else, the recovery environment for both partitions stays with it.

Disk 4 (SHGP31-1000GM-2 ) already has recovery options installed in the C: partition (partition 2).

It is enabled.

You can test it by booting into safe mode (shift + restart):
Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10