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Hello, The recovery partition for W10 on my system drive is empty: is this normal?    Configuration: Windows / Firefox 62.0

Derrick · Answer

Hello,  It appears empty, but it is not... The admin command  reagentc /info  will tell you if the partition is used or not for advanced startup.  And for your information: your startup issue on the SSD is still not completely resolved (contrary to what you posted). It is still the D drive that shows the status "system", and therefore it is the one that starts your Windows on C in the displayed screenshot.

Herve_be · Answer

What do you think of the result?  C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /info Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and system reset configuration information:   WinRE Status: Disabled  WinRE Location:  Boot Configuration Data (BCD) Identifier: aaedbfda-5c5e-11e8-94e6-aca9e0b146a7  Recovery Image Location:  Recovery Image Index: 0  Custom Image Location:  Custom Image Index: 0  REAGENTC.EXE: operation successful.   C:\Windows\system32>

Herve_be · Answer

Hello, After some thought, I have decided not to touch my Data HDD: given the spectacular speed increase from tripling the RAM (from 4 to 12 GB) and then replacing the System HDD with an SSD, I ordered a second SSD for the data. I will copy the files from my Data HDD to the 2nd SSD using Explorer.  Can we go back to my question: how to restore the recovery partition?

Derrick · Answer

We start from your capture:  https://img-19.ccm2.net/aAwdNHRHaGBsbrU9LKqve65r-2Q=/fd91844ba8a84ed386f210ecc0a69d15/ccm-ugc/Gdisk.jpg We assign a letter to your partition and remove the "z" in the process. diskpartsel disk 0sel part 1remove letter=zsel disk 1sel part 3assign letter=rexit Then, we will believe that things are done properly, and so you type the command directly: reagentc /setreimage /path r:\recovery\windowsre 1. If you get a success message, you try reagentc /enable And we check: reagentc /info 2. If you receive an error message, we will do it differently.  3. If reagentc /info returns incorrect information, we will change the method (I tested it this morning on my wife's PC).

Herve_be · Answer

Hello, Small error in your instructions diskpartsel disk 0sel part 1remove letter=zsel disk 1: the system disk is disk zero!sel part 3assign letter=rexit but it's okay, I removed Z and assigned R, then C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /setreimage /path r:ecovery\windowsreDirectory set: \?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition3ecovery\windowsreREAGENTC.EXE: operation successful.C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /enableREAGENTC.EXE: unable to update boot configuration data. Strangely, I receive a message saying that there is not enough space on drive R: I still asked for the info to verify. C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /infoRecovery Environment Windows (WinRE) and system reset configuration information: WinRE State: Disabled WinRE Location: Boot Configuration Data (BCD) Identifier: aaedbfda-5c5e-11e8-94e6-aca9e0b146a7 Recovery Image Location: Recovery Image Index: 0 Custom Image Location: Custom Image Index: 0REAGENTC.EXE: operation successful. Strangely, the letter R is not visible in the disk management   What do we do now? Is this recovery partition really useful?  Subsidiary question: can we change the motherboard while keeping the disks, without having to reinstall W10 or especially the applications?

Derrick · Answer

Hello to both of you,  Give the result of dir /a r: Then dir /a r:\recovery\windowsre Yes, it is useful in case of a crash. And if you change the motherboard, the Windows 10 license will no longer be valid.

Herve_be · Answer

Hello, C:\Windows\system32>dir /a r: The volume in drive R has no label. The volume serial number is 1E63-D99E Directory of R:\20/05/2018 20:50 Recovery24/09/2018 08:49 System Volume Information 0 file(s) 0 bytes 2 Dir(s) 53,088,256 bytes freeC:\Windows\system32>dir /a r:\recovery\windowsre The volume in drive R has no label. The volume serial number is 1E63-D99E Directory of r:\recovery\windowsre24/09/2018 09:44 .24/09/2018 09:44 ..20/05/2018 15:17 402,598,614 Winre.wim 1 file(s) 402,598,614 bytes 2 Dir(s) 53,088,256 bytes freeC:\Windows\system32>

Herve_be · Answer

Still notC:\>cd r:ecovery\windowsreC:\>xcopy c:\windows\system32\boot.sdiC:\windows\system32\boot.sdi1 file(s) copiedC:\>del /a c:\windows\system32ecovery\winre.wimC:\>reagentc /setreimage /path r:ecovery\windowsreDirectory set: \?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition3ecovery\windowsreREAGENTC.EXE : operation successful.C:\>reagentc /enableREAGENTC.EXE : unable to update the boot configuration data.and I constantly get a window saying that the space on R: is insufficient.

Herve_be · Answer

Could you first tell me how I can prevent this annoying message "R: almost full"?

Herve_be · Answer

Hello, According to the disk manager, I can't enlarge partition 2 (C:) by more than 4 MB.  I'm still wondering what the recovery partition is for: I have a complete disk backup made with CloneZilla anyway, and a CloneZilla boot DVD, so I can always restore my system SSD. The content of this SSD only changes if I install a new program since my data is on my Data HDD (which I will also copy to an SSD as soon as I receive the one I ordered), except for the Outlook .pst files, but I back them up every day on an external drive.

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