You're a legend. Read trough tons and tons of articles and came really close to re-installing windows but this video and your other video on recovery partitions really saved me. Excellent work, I love that you also explain the things so you actually learn something while repairing your system. Keep up the great work !
I'm so grateful that this guide exists. After having cloned Windows from one SSD to another, I was looking for something like it, and it delivers. Thank you!
Great Tutorial. If the Recovery Partition is missing, then this is the BEST way to create it whether the Drive is MBR or GPT. If the Recovery Partition is there there is a much easier way to do it by just resizing (extending) the partition using the FREE version of MiniTool Partition Wizard. I have done this on both MBR & GPT disks and it works perfectly. Try it you will like it. :)
Out of all the videos, this is the one who helps me the most. He covers all the problems I had step by step. Thank you so much. Hope your channel gets more recognition than those with millions views that doesn't even help and they just promote paid programs. More power.
3:52 that's really useful information. so it seems like we don't really need this partition. only the initial install of needs it if it was there. also good to know that new laptops don't come with it where it is part of windows. thanks for informing me about what it is for
Thanks, this was useful, helped me recreated the lost recovery partiton. For those looking for the UEFI Type ID: de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac For the attributes it is 0X8000000000000001
Worked perfectly on windows 11 UEFI for me. I added a new SSD and reinstalled windows on that drive, was left with the recovery partitions on the old drive. I was able to create a recovery partition on the new drive to let me format the old. Every step worked, including the del par override, which helped delete the old recovery partitions from the old drive as well.
Thank you so much. I'm not a beginner user but this was way to convoluted for me to find out how to recreate this damn partition after I cloned my disk to a new SSD and needed to reallocate some space which messed this recovery partition up. Thanks a lot man!
You are a rock star! With Windows Update KB5034439 causing havoc on Server 2022, you released this video at just the right time! WARNING: When creating your new recovery partition at 9:50, choose 'Do not assign a drive letter or drive path' in the Simple Volume Wizard. On one server, I allowed the partition to take F:, and now I can't assign that drive letter. Windows still ties it to the recovery partition even though it disappeared in the conversion.
Hey , there is problem. after completing all the steps successfully, I discovered in reagentc/info that the recovery partition is in partition 3. but in disk management, there is no partition named partition 3. there is partition 4. what should I do?
Terima Kasih bro. sangat membantu walaupun first time. tapi boleh la buat. puncaaa Drive C kecik sgt. igtkan nak jimat. rupanya makin menyusahkan., hahaha
My HP laptop has a "recovery partition", but when I tried to initiate it by pressing F11 in HP, it gave an error screen stating something like "A required device could not be found" it also gave an option I believe F1 or F8 to go there, but when I pressed, noting happened. I had cloned/moved the OS (Win 11) to a larger drive, but in the process rearranged the partitions, so my Win 11 is at the end, not sandwiched in between several partitions as how it was originally. how to repair/correct/mitigate this, please?
Don't do that at 9:54!! Assigning a drive letter creates massive headaches. Instead just follow the Microsoft instructions which is..... If your disk is GPT, run "create partition primary id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac" followed by the command "gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001" followed by "format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows RE tools""
bro is amazing liked + subbed. I was looking for this for a long time tried multiple ways and finally got it done thanks to Bro he deserves at least a like
Plz.. I'm facing a problem.. From cmd prompt i just set partition 4 as a recovery partition ( with all steps from your videos. The last step was setting "set id" and "gpt") Disk management is also showing the same But When I enable reagentc /enable And then check info It's shows the partition 3(which is my c drive) 😢
did as you said and followed all instructions carefully, I do believe I did it correctly but should I be worried if the partition is called "(basic data partition)" instead of (recovery partition) like in your example? I did the command prompt stuff and yeah its telling me my .wim file is in there...
hello, i have deleted my recovery partition trying to extend my volume C to the unallocated space and i followed your instructions. i created a recovery partition, but i never found the winre image at any point. when i typed reagentc /info it says disabled and it never showed a location. how do i fix this? i have an error when i start up my computer
Just discovered your channel. It is very good and I like the way you explain. Can you do a video on basics of Partitions so people like me can have a basic idea. Thanks
Great help video. Once the winre.wim is moved to the recovery partition, is there a way to move it back to the C:\\windows\system32 ecovery folder? The WinRE link is lost after "any" partitions on the OS drive is altered?
when you type in the guid of the "new" recovery partition, and you type it in wrong or you wrote it down wrong... is there some place you can look up, online, what it should be?
Thank you. That helped greatly. This might be on me, but when closing things up afterward, I noticed that I now have a new drive letter (H:). I believe that you had E:. In looking elsewhere, I think that could have been avoided in the step where drive letters were assigned, by not assigning one. I think that I have to go back through the process fully to remove the drive letter from File Explorer. Either way, I needed that extra space as my C; was getting full. Thank you very much for this video.
For some reason after enabling reagentc and it stating it was successful, it is still disabled and there is nothing in the "Windows RE location:" field. The Recovery Partition is healthy, but the Winre.wim file remains in C:\Windows\System32\Recovery . I've attempted three times with the same result. I'm also making sure to follow UEFI mode instructions for a GPT partition, as required. I'm stuck.
I bought a new SSD to replace my old HDD. It was a Windows OEM version on that old HDD. After cloning, my computer couldn't enter into Windows. I had no choice but to buy an entirely new Windows 11 and installed it on my SSD. I tried twice this way to create a recovery partition on my SSD. The partition was set to that UEFI Type, but each time the winre.wim didn't go to that designated partition. What may went wrong?
Some problems...reagent can't re-enable. REAGENTC.EXE: Windows RE cannot be enabled on a volume with BitLocker Drive Encryption enabled. I don't actually have a WinRe image anymore unfortunately. How can I get a clean one?
what should we do if we dont know the id. I cloned os from HDD to ssd and I dont have a recovery partition now. I need to create one. What should we do since we dont have an id
I see assignment on your C drive as "Boot" in your Disk Management window. Shouldn't it must be on EFI system? (i am struggling to delete bootmgr from C bcz i believe in gpt systems, boot assignment must be in EFI part)
Hello... I want to extend my C drive volume... Where I have three recovery partitions in between C and unallocated volume... In that three recovery partitions the one next to C is having reagent (partiton 4)...how can I please help me with this...
@itarmy2778 I completed all the steps for recreating my recovery drive partition, but when I went to enable it, it said the Windows RE image was not found. The winre.min file is in my C: drive windows/system32/recovery folder. I am trying to understand why I keep getting this error. Do you have any ideas about what may be causing this?
Hi, i need help please...after a clone, my Windows RE status is Disabled on Reagentc /info and also Windows RE location is empty, meaning i dont have that file to create a Recovery partition. How can i do? Thank you and very nice video.
Great video Sir! I could follow every command and completed the partition and recovery ! I checked my File Explorer and a new Volume "D" appeared .Does anyone know why this appeared? It looks like the new recovery partition I created Thanks!
now how to hide this partition from the system protection (system restore) list under system properties? because now beside C and D i see also an \\?\volume{skjse.......... what is this?
What if I have a system running UEFI GPT partition with Win 11 as Primary OS and I am trying to access my another older version of Windows 11 running on MBR Partition from previous computer on my 2nd SSD? My dual boot option is hooked up on to Primary GPT UEFI Style and it does give me Dual Boot Menu for both Primary and older Win 11. I lost Recovery Partition for my Older Win 11 on 2nd SSD and that is why I am missing COMMAND PROMPT option from ADVANCED STARTUP OPTIONS for my older Win 11 on 2nd SSD. I want CMD option. What should I do?
I followed all the steps to create a new recovery partition. I then issued the "reagentc /enable" command, which was successful, but when I do "reagentc /info," the WinRE status is still "Disabled." When I type the "reagentc /enable" command, I now get "Unable to update Boot Configuration Data".... where BCD id = 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 .... Windows RE location = (blank/empty) Winre.wim disappeared and is no longer in the Windows recovery subfolder, and the WinRE partition is still listed as Healthy (Recovery Partition) in Disk Management. When I check in Diskpart, the partition still has the correct GUID (de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac) and attribute (0X8000000000000001), as detailed in your video. What should I do to fix my problem? Help!
You're a legend. Read trough tons and tons of articles and came really close to re-installing windows but this video and your other video on recovery partitions really saved me. Excellent work, I love that you also explain the things so you actually learn something while repairing your system. Keep up the great work !
Great to hear!
@@itarmy2778 same here 11/10 tysm for this video
I'm so grateful that this guide exists. After having cloned Windows from one SSD to another, I was looking for something like it, and it delivers. Thank you!
Great Tutorial. If the Recovery Partition is missing, then this is the BEST way to create it whether the Drive is MBR or GPT. If the Recovery Partition is there there is a much easier way to do it by just resizing (extending) the partition using the FREE version of MiniTool Partition Wizard. I have done this on both MBR & GPT disks and it works perfectly. Try it you will like it. :)
This is the very best video I have ever seen on this topic.
Thanks!
Out of all the videos, this is the one who helps me the most. He covers all the problems I had step by step. Thank you so much. Hope your channel gets more recognition than those with millions views that doesn't even help and they just promote paid programs. More power.
Glad it helped! Appreciate it!
3:52 that's really useful information. so it seems like we don't really need this partition. only the initial install of needs it if it was there. also good to know that new laptops don't come with it where it is part of windows. thanks for informing me about what it is for
You are a fucking hero, man.
The only person who made it work after I accidentally deleted mine.
Thanks for watching, Cheers!
Thanks, this was useful, helped me recreated the lost recovery partiton. For those looking for the UEFI Type ID: de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac For the attributes it is 0X8000000000000001
Thanks man.
Worked perfectly on windows 11 UEFI for me. I added a new SSD and reinstalled windows on that drive, was left with the recovery partitions on the old drive. I was able to create a recovery partition on the new drive to let me format the old. Every step worked, including the del par override, which helped delete the old recovery partitions from the old drive as well.
Thank you so much. I'm not a beginner user but this was way to convoluted for me to find out how to recreate this damn partition after I cloned my disk to a new SSD and needed to reallocate some space which messed this recovery partition up. Thanks a lot man!
You are a rock star! With Windows Update KB5034439 causing havoc on Server 2022, you released this video at just the right time!
WARNING: When creating your new recovery partition at 9:50, choose 'Do not assign a drive letter or drive path' in the Simple Volume Wizard. On one server, I allowed the partition to take F:, and now I can't assign that drive letter. Windows still ties it to the recovery partition even though it disappeared in the conversion.
Thank you. Very concise, easy to follow and not jumping all over like some videos do.
Outstanding video on this subject! Covered all aspects meticulously. Thank you!
Very welcome!
This was so helpful took me way to long to figure out why I could not reset my PC.
Hi there, after a long time you came back. thankyou for your great tutorial video. thnx
Hi, You are welcome and thanks for watching!
thanks so much bro..... don't know how many time you helped me fix my broken windows hehe.....
Welcome!
Theses videos 🕹️ are Awesome 👍🏿 im actually liking all of this knowledge ✌🏿👧🏿.
Thank you so very much it army i am really greatful to have watch your video and it helped me a ton..........thanks a lot you are a legend🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
fast explanation and you got right to the point. Great video
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video! very helpful and thorough. Thank you.
Welcome!
Thanks so much for such a detailed and easy to follow guide.
Excellent, my friend! Very instructive and useful video. You've made my life significantly easier! Many thanks! 😀
Great video with concise instructions. Now we just need the scripted way to do it lol.
Very good video. Easy to follow and straight to the point.
Excellent !!! You do go things rather quickly but still excellent.
Thanks for watching. Agree, I'm very fast
Thank you so much for your help!!! great step by step to expand the drive!!!
Hey , there is problem. after completing all the steps successfully, I discovered in reagentc/info that the recovery partition is in partition 3. but in disk management, there is no partition named partition 3. there is partition 4.
what should I do?
Terima Kasih bro. sangat membantu walaupun first time. tapi boleh la buat. puncaaa Drive C kecik sgt. igtkan nak jimat. rupanya makin menyusahkan., hahaha
Great video, explains every step clearly, Thanks a lot.
Excellent job. You got a new subscriber because of this video.
bro you saved me from having to reinstall windows thank u holy
Glad I could help
🙏🏿@@itarmy2778Your Amazing Thank you for that💻.
What to do if winre.wim file is not available on my pc??
Maybe is hidden. You could set show hidden folders.
Excellent content 👏 you have earned yourself a subscriber, please keep up doing this great work. Hearty thanks ♥️.
My HP laptop has a "recovery partition", but when I tried to initiate it by pressing F11 in HP, it gave an error screen stating something like "A required device could not be found" it also gave an option I believe F1 or F8 to go there, but when I pressed, noting happened.
I had cloned/moved the OS (Win 11) to a larger drive, but in the process rearranged the partitions, so my Win 11 is at the end, not sandwiched in between several partitions as how it was originally. how to repair/correct/mitigate this, please?
Don't do that at 9:54!! Assigning a drive letter creates massive headaches. Instead just follow the Microsoft instructions which is..... If your disk is GPT, run "create partition primary id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac" followed by the command "gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001" followed by "format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows RE tools""
Thanks
Excellent video with good explanation. Thank you!
bro is amazing liked + subbed. I was looking for this for a long time tried multiple ways and finally got it done thanks to Bro he deserves at least a like
Glad I could help. Thanks for like n sub!
simply the best!! it does work on my Windows 11!
Thank you soooooo much! :)
You're welcome!
great videos man! Super helpful. Good pacing and well--explained
really really helpful thanks alot!
Plz.. I'm facing a problem..
From cmd prompt i just set partition 4 as a recovery partition ( with all steps from your videos. The last step was setting "set id" and "gpt")
Disk management is also showing the same
But
When I enable reagentc /enable
And then check info
It's shows the partition 3(which is my c drive)
😢
did as you said and followed all instructions carefully, I do believe I did it correctly but should I be worried if the partition is called "(basic data partition)" instead of (recovery partition) like in your example? I did the command prompt stuff and yeah its telling me my .wim file is in there...
same prob
What is the difference between already installed ReAgent and Winre? Why did you disable ReAgent and created Winre?
very informative video and well explained. thanks ;)
Glad it was helpful!
Very Helpful bro, detailed explanation thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Thanks you 🎉🎉 i almost took my pc to a repair shop.
Glad I could help
Thank you so much for this incredibly helpful video!
Glad it was helpful!
"Your are legend" says it all!
Thank you for your video, it was very helpful
Very clear explanation, thanks !
Hi i install windows 11 but i can't find healthy (EFI System Partition) what can I do?
great job dude! very useful knowledges!thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Does the Recovery Partition contain the same diagnostic tools as a USB Recovery created within Windows?
Yes
Simply amazing. Thank you so much! Subbed
Thank you sir. This helped me a lot.
Glad it helped
hello, i have deleted my recovery partition trying to extend my volume C to the unallocated space and i followed your instructions. i created a recovery partition, but i never found the winre image at any point. when i typed reagentc /info it says disabled and it never showed a location. how do i fix this? i have an error when i start up my computer
Just discovered your channel. It is very good and I like the way you explain. Can you do a video on basics of Partitions so people like me can have a basic idea. Thanks
I will try!
Great help video.
Once the winre.wim is moved to the recovery partition, is there a way to move it back to the C:\\windows\system32
ecovery folder? The WinRE link is lost after "any" partitions on the OS drive is altered?
when you type in the guid of the "new" recovery partition, and you type it in wrong or you wrote it down wrong... is there some place you can look up, online, what it should be?
Thanks bro, I did all steps ( all went perfectly fine ) but I can see my recovery partition in my computer
a new drive is showing up what to do ?? please reply
What does the partition 2 "Reserved" with 16MB contain? If this hidden partition is deleted, can it be remade as well? With whatever file it contains?
Thank you. That helped greatly. This might be on me, but when closing things up afterward, I noticed that I now have a new drive letter (H:). I believe that you had E:. In looking elsewhere, I think that could have been avoided in the step where drive letters were assigned, by not assigning one. I think that I have to go back through the process fully to remove the drive letter from File Explorer.
Either way, I needed that extra space as my C; was getting full. Thank you very much for this video.
For some reason after enabling reagentc and it stating it was successful, it is still disabled and there is nothing in the "Windows RE location:" field. The Recovery Partition is healthy, but the Winre.wim file remains in C:\Windows\System32\Recovery . I've attempted three times with the same result. I'm also making sure to follow UEFI mode instructions for a GPT partition, as required. I'm stuck.
I bought a new SSD to replace my old HDD. It was a Windows OEM version on that old HDD. After cloning, my computer couldn't enter into Windows. I had no choice but to buy an entirely new Windows 11 and installed it on my SSD. I tried twice this way to create a recovery partition on my SSD. The partition was set to that UEFI Type, but each time the winre.wim didn't go to that designated partition. What may went wrong?
Just one more happy user you managed to save from Microsoft's hell. Thank you! Thank you!
Excellent . Thank you very much !
Thanks for the vedio it was very helpful 👍
Awesome! Great teacher! Thank you!
Thank you. That was a great help to me.
You're welcome!
Still works as of 8/27/2023
Thank you .. Very helpful
Thank you, very detailed you got a new subscriber
Awesome, thank you!
Some problems...reagent can't re-enable. REAGENTC.EXE: Windows RE cannot be enabled on a volume with BitLocker Drive Encryption enabled. I don't actually have a WinRe image anymore unfortunately. How can I get a clean one?
what should we do if we dont know the id. I cloned os from HDD to ssd and I dont have a recovery partition now. I need to create one. What should we do since we dont have an id
great . thank you ✋
Thank you too!
I see assignment on your C drive as "Boot" in your Disk Management window. Shouldn't it must be on EFI system?
(i am struggling to delete bootmgr from C bcz i believe in gpt systems, boot assignment must be in EFI part)
is thera a way to contact you privately? i need help making a partiiton but a file called mft is mesing it up
Hello... I want to extend my C drive volume... Where I have three recovery partitions in between C and unallocated volume... In that three recovery partitions the one next to C is having reagent (partiton 4)...how can I please help me with this...
You created the partition but you didn't add anything to it how does this work?
@itarmy2778 I completed all the steps for recreating my recovery drive partition, but when I went to enable it, it said the Windows RE image was not found. The winre.min file is in my C: drive windows/system32/recovery folder. I am trying to understand why I keep getting this error. Do you have any ideas about what may be causing this?
I did the same disaster some days ago no I don't have id of partition how can I solve this problem??
Thanks a lot man, you are a saviour !
it woorks bro thank u so much ,but what's the purpose of recovery disk
my reagent file is type : microsoft edge ,instead of an xml file, so when i change the view options i cant see nothing
Thank you!!! It worked for me!!!
virtual disk service error the device is in use
What i can do now 😢
thank you so much💖💖
Hi, i need help please...after a clone, my Windows RE status is Disabled on Reagentc /info and also Windows RE location is empty, meaning i dont have that file to create a Recovery partition. How can i do? Thank you and very nice video.
great vdo
thanks a lot
i fixed my issue
Thanks for your this video👍
You're welcome!
Great video Sir! I could follow every command and completed the partition and recovery ! I checked my File Explorer and a new Volume "D" appeared .Does anyone know why this appeared? It looks like the new recovery partition I created Thanks!
yes it happened with me too. Did you find any solution to that??
Go back into "DiskPart", select the recovery partition, then type "remove". Done.
Works for me 2024 ❤
Hi there.
When i ran "reagentc /enable", it says
"REAGENTC.EXE: The Windows RE image was not found."
What should I do?
now how to hide this partition from the system protection (system restore) list under system properties? because now beside C and D i see also an \\?\volume{skjse.......... what is this?
What if I have a system running UEFI GPT partition with Win 11 as Primary OS and I am trying to access my another older version of Windows 11 running on MBR Partition from previous computer on my 2nd SSD?
My dual boot option is hooked up on to Primary GPT UEFI Style and it does give me Dual Boot Menu for both Primary and older Win 11. I lost Recovery Partition for my Older Win 11 on 2nd SSD and that is why I am missing COMMAND PROMPT option from ADVANCED STARTUP OPTIONS for my older Win 11 on 2nd SSD. I want CMD option. What should I do?
deleted the recovery, then unallocated space cant be extended with C. SSD was already split into 2 partitions prior.
I followed all the steps to create a new recovery partition. I then issued the "reagentc /enable" command, which was successful, but when I do "reagentc /info," the WinRE status is still "Disabled."
When I type the "reagentc /enable" command, I now get "Unable to update Boot Configuration Data".... where BCD id = 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 .... Windows RE location = (blank/empty)
Winre.wim disappeared and is no longer in the Windows recovery subfolder, and the WinRE partition is still listed as Healthy (Recovery Partition) in Disk Management.
When I check in Diskpart, the partition still has the correct GUID (de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac) and attribute (0X8000000000000001), as detailed in your video.
What should I do to fix my problem? Help!
Thank you sooo muchhh😊
great video. worked perfectly.
Glad it helped