I got two recovery-partitions

Sorry for reviving an old thread, but my question is similar.

Following AU, besides the original 450 MB Recovery Partition (#1) I got a second Recovery Partition (#5), which with CU grew to 1761 MB.




This new Partition (#5) according to “reagentc /info” is the “valid” Win RE partition.

Without doing a clean install and taking into account that before any partition playing, a Macrium Reflect Full image will be taken, just in case, I want to ask:

1. Is it advisable to delete the old (#1) partition?
2. And if yes, how to rearrange partitions adding the 450 MB of the deleted Recovery Partition (#1) to my Primary partition and
3. which will be the easiest and of course feasible order:

Code:

Partition ###  Type              Size   
-------------  ----------------  -------
Partition 1    Recovery          1761 MB
Partition 2    System             100 MB
Partition 3    Reserved            16 MB
Partition 4    Primary            463 GB + 450 MB

OR

Code:

Partition ###  Type              Size   
-------------  ----------------  -------
Partition 1    System             100 MB
Partition 2    Reserved            16 MB
Partition 3    Primary            463 GB + 450 MB
Partition 4    Recovery          1761 MB

Finally, following rearrangement can someone confirm that in order to register the ‘new’ RE, I should run the following command (depending on the new order):

Code:

Reagentc /setreimage /path \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE 
OR 
Reagentc /setreimage /path \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE

Thanks.

Your second option is best (after the "OR") - it is what MS suggest.



UEFI/GPT-based hard drive partitions | Microsoft Docs

If you do that then if recovery grows it will chip a bit off the end of C volume rather than make another partition.

I'd suggest you delete your current partition 1, move ESP (System in your picture), MSR (Reserved) and C (Primary) to the left and leave recovery at the right. You can use this to do it MiniTool Partition Wizard Free

Then you re-register recovery in partition number 4 (again the option after the "OR" in your post above).

Normally though you would mount the recovery partition (using diskpart) and then run the command like this rather than specifying the partition in a \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partitionX style

Code:

Reagentc /setreimage /path T:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target W:\Windows

See here REAgentC command-line options | Microsoft Docs

Thanks a lot!!!! To be honest the 2nd option was the one I favored too!!

But just for confirmation, can the EFI and MSR partitions be moved to the left end without any problem?
I will do the repartitioning using the AOMEI Partition Assistant from Kyhi’s WinPESE_x64, following your suggestion:
1. Delete Recovery Partition 1
2. Move System (EFI) Partition 2 to the left end
3. Move MSR Partition 3 next to EFI
4. Move Primary partition 4 next to MSR and finally
5. Move Recovery Partition 5 next to Primary, to leave it space for future growth from the next Win 10 updates.

Hope it works!

Right on!!! Excellent recommendation.
Thank you very much! :)