Factory recovery - Create a Custom Recovery Partition  

In diskpart:
select vol 7
assign

NavyLCDR said:

In diskpart:
select vol 7
assign

Thanks again It worked perfectly, just like your previous suggestion.

So I've finally managed to create a custom recovery partition that I see every time the computer boots from the external hdd, as explained in this tutorial, however I do have a doubt that I want to clarify before testing It: when I use this recovery partition is It just going to restore the captured image of windows in a partition of my choice or Is It also going to delete the other existing partitions while creating new ones, like in a normal fresh install?

I've never created a recovery partition using this method, but it appears as if it would work just like a Windows 10 installation USB flash drive. If you boot from the recovery partition it should give you all the options the same as booting from a USB flash drive - clean install to an empty drive or partition or custom install to a partition and windows.old gets created.

Run setup.exe from the partition from inside the running Windows 10 and you could perform the in-place upgrade which will keep all your apps and data files where they are. However, as soon as you upgrade your existing Windows 10 to the next major version release, this will no longer be an option unless you update your recovery partition.

NavyLCDR said:

I've never created a recovery partition using this method, but it appears as if it would work just like a Windows 10 installation USB flash drive. If you boot from the recovery partition it should give you all the options the same as booting from a USB flash drive - clean install to an empty drive or partition or custom install to a partition and windows.old gets created.

Run setup.exe from the partition from inside the running Windows 10 and you could perform the in-place upgrade which will keep all your apps and data files where they are. However, as soon as you upgrade your existing Windows 10 to the next major version release, this will no longer be an option unless you update your recovery partition.

Perfect; thanks for your crystal clear explanation and, since is New Year's Eve, best wishes of happy new year.

Kari, thanks for the wonderful tutorial.

I follow the procedure, but I got an error on restoring the image. "windows setup: Windows could not display the image for installation".
1. Is there is a log that I can check the failed reason?
2. a possible mis-match ?

1) on the install.wim from the ISO image, it contains many different Windows 10. When I use the command
dism /Get-ImageInfo /ImageFile:....
I got 10 images, such as Windows 10 Pro Education, Windows 10 Pro Education N, ....
2). on the wim that I got from dism /capture-image ..., I only have one image.

This is a great guide - however I noticed that after using the recovery partition to restore my system - the option at startup disappeared. Is there a way to set it so that it doesnt disappear after use?

I've read all the posts and can't find my particular problem anywhere. I'm stuck at step 1.9. Every time I run the command I get "Access Denied". I am Administrator on my PC.

NilsTheRed said:

I've read all the posts and can't find my particular problem anywhere. I'm stuck at step 1.9. Every time I run the command I get "Access Denied". I am Administrator on my PC.

You need to run the command prompt as administrator (right click and hit Run As Administrator) and then execute the batch file.

garzasp said:

You need to run the command prompt as administrator (right click and hit Run As Administrator) and then execute the batch file.

I think you're misunderstanding. I'm no where near that step yet. I'm getting access denied when I try to run the command to create the recovery image...