[SOLVED] How Do I Prepare Windows Recovery Environment on Windows 10. Taking Backup Measures on Your Windows Using ReagentC Tool and PowerShell

Howdy,
I'm trying to enable my system with WinRE but all to no avail. What could be wrong?
The partition layout is as follows:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Partition -DiskNumber 4
DiskId: \\?\scsi#disk&ven_msft&prod_virtual_disk#2&2e87576f&0&000002#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
PartitionNumber DriveLetter Offset Size Type
1 1048576 500 MB Recovery
2 525336576 100 MB System
3 630194176 128 MB Reserved
4 E 764411904 95 GB Basic
5 102769885184 4.29 GB Recovery
I formatted this 1st recovery partition into FAT32 and mounted the volume as R:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Partition -DiskNumber 4 -PartitionNumber 1 | Format-Volume -FileSystem FAT32 -NewFileSystemL
abel RECOVERY -Force -Confirm:$false
Then I created the storage folder for the Recovery Environment on this R: volume:
PS C:\Windows\system32> mkdir "R:\Recovery\WindowsRE"
Directory: R:\Recovery
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
d----- 13.01.2015 20:15 WindowsRE
And copied the WinRE.wim file from the storage folder on the Windows partition:
PS C:\Windows\system32> xcopy /H E:\Windows\System32\Recovery\Winre.wim R:\Recovery\WindowsRE\
E:\Windows\System32\Recovery\winRE.wim
1 File(s) copied
Finally, I attempted to enable the copied WinRE and registed it in Windows like that:
PS C:\Windows\system32> ReAgentc.exe /setreimage /path R:\Recovery\WindowsRE\ /target E:\Windows
Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
However, checking the status with Reagent returns that WinRE is DISABLED:
PS C:\Windows\system32> ReAgentc.exe /info /target E:\Windows
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Disabled
Windows RE location:
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
And also:
PS C:\Windows\system32> .\ReAgentc.exe /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Disabled
Windows RE location:
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 6a7e9cfb-700d-11e4-95e0-00155d095900
Recovery image location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk3\partition4\RecoveryImage
Recovery image index: 4
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
Why is that? What am I doing wrong here?
How do I properly prepare OS for recovery?
Well this is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given...

The target drive with location of WinRE.wim file MUST be NTFS formatted.
Here's what you need to do to enable WinRE.wim that is located on another partition (Partition 1 in my case):
1. Disable the current setup:
C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /disable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
2. Check the status:
C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Disabled
Windows RE location:
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Recovery image location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition5\Recovery
Recovery image index: 1
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
3. Make sure that C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml contains zeroes in location elements.
This is a proper config:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes'?>
<WindowsRE version="2.0">
<WinreBCD id=""></WinreBCD>
<WinreLocation path="" id="0" offset="0"></WinreLocation>
<ImageLocation path="" id="0" offset="0"></ImageLocation>
<PBRImageLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" index="0"></PBRImageLocation>
<PBRCustomImageLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" index="0"></PBRCustomImageLocation>
<InstallState state="0"></InstallState>
<OsInstallAvailable state="0"></OsInstallAvailable>
<CustomImageAvailable state="0"></CustomImageAvailable>
<WinREStaged state="0"></WinREStaged>
<ScheduledOperation state="4"></ScheduledOperation>
<OperationParam path=""></OperationParam>
<OsBuildVersion path=""></OsBuildVersion>
<OemTool state="0"></OemTool>
</WindowsRE>
This is an incorrect config (this one demonstrates an already configured WinRE and OS Image configurations and cannot be reused to set another locations of WinRE and OSImage:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<WindowsRE version="2.0">
<WinreBCD id="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}"/>
<WinreLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" guid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}"/>
<ImageLocation path="\Recovery\WindowsRE" id="0" offset="1048576" guid="{a235fafb-a690-11e4-95dc-00155d095900}"/>
<PBRImageLocation path="\Recovery" id="0" offset="102769885184" guid="{a235fafb-a690-11e4-95dc-00155d095900}" index="1"/>
<PBRCustomImageLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" guid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" index="0"/>
<InstallState state="0"/>
<OsInstallAvailable state="1"/>
<CustomImageAvailable state="0"/>
<IsAutoRepairOn state="1"/>
<WinREStaged state="1"/>
<OperationParam path=""/>
<OsBuildVersion path="9926.0.amd64fre.fbl_awesome1501.150119-1648"/>
<OemTool state="0"/>
<IsServer state="0"/>
<DownlevelWinreLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" guid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}"/>
<IsWimBoot state="0"/>
<ScheduledOperation state="4"/>
</WindowsRE>
4. Assign a drive letter to Partition 1.
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.9926
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: EH
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
Disk 2 Online 931 GB 0 B *
Disk 3 Online 930 GB 0 B *
Disk 4 Online 100 GB 0 B *
DISKPART> sel disk 4
Disk 4 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list part
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Recovery 500 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 System 100 MB 501 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128 MB 601 MB
Partition 4 Primary 95 GB 729 MB
Partition 5 Recovery 4390 MB 95 GB
DISKPART> sel part 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> assign letter="R"
DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
5. Remove existing Recovery folders on R:
R:\>rd Recovery /q /s
6. Prepare folder structure:
R:\>mkdir Recovery
R:\>mkdir Recovery\WindowsRE
7. Copy WinRE.wim image to WindowsRE:
R:\>xcopy /H C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\Winre.wim R:\Recovery\WindowsRE\
C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\Winre.wim
1 File(s) copied
8. Copy config file:
R:\>xcopy /H C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml R:\Recovery\WindowsRE
C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml
1 File(s) copied
4. Set WinRE recovery environment:
R:\>reagentc /setreimage /path R:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\Windows
Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
5. Check the status:
C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Disabled
Windows RE location:
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
6. Enable the specified WinRE:
Here's what you'll get if your target partition (with volume labeled R: in this example) is not formatted in NTFS:
R:\>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Windows RE must be installed on a simple volume formatted using NTFS.
That's what you'll get if it is formatted into NTFS:
R:\>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
7. Check the status:
R:\>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: e2b06021-6f56-11e4-82ee-abb7ebf625e8
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
Your Windows setup has just been enabled with WinRE pre-boot recovery environment located on the first partition of your drive:
8. Specify location of OS Image file (the install.wim one copied from Windows Setup DVD):
R:\>reagentc /setosimage /path \\?\Volume{A235FAFF-A690-11E4-95DC-00155D095900}\Recovery /index 1 /target C:\Windows
Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition5\Recovery
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
9. Check the status:
R:\>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: e2b06021-6f56-11e4-82ee-abb7ebf625e8
Recovery image location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition5\Recovery
Recovery image index: 1
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
Your Windows Recovery Environment is now located on the 1st partition of 4th disk drive and recovery image file the can be used to re-image Windows installation from that WinRE environment is located on the 5th partition of the same 4th disk.
See also
Configuring Windows Recovery Using PowerShell
Proper Configuration of Partition Layout on a GPT Disk under UEFI
Deploy a System Recovery Image
Thank you, Michael for your help!
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Here's How to Repair your Windows Installation

Sometimes it is necessary or desirable to repair your Windows installation. For instance, you might see Windows showing unusual or unexplained slowdowns, failures to boot, devices no longer working like they used to, etc.
The following step by step procedure shows you how to do the repair. Note, that you will need the CD key that came with your Windows disk to complete this procedure.
1. Make sure boot order in BIOS is set to floppy (if you have one), cd/dvd, and then the HDD your original Windows was installed on.
2. Insert your original Windows CD into your cd/dvd drive (a slipstreamed cd with SP will also workif you have one). If the Windows Installion menu appears, select Install Windows.
3. If that menu does not appear, go to Start, Turn Off Computer, and then select Restart. After the POST, you will see a prompt, "Press any key to boot from cd..."
so press the space key (any other key will also work).
4. Let Windows setup continue.
5. After a short while you will see an option to repair your Windows using the Recovery Console. Do NOT select this option. Just continue.
6. Soon after this you will see a message "Searching for a previous Windows Installation".
7. When Setup finds your previous Windows installion you will be given an option to Repair that installation. Follow the prompt on the screen, i.e, press R to repair.
8. Now just let setup continue until it is complete and you see your desktop.
9. Then, go to Windows Update (Start, All Programs, Windows Update) and let it search for and install any available service packs, and/or other updates.
10. Lastly, if you have any drivers that are wish to use other than the ones in Windows, just install them in the normal fashion.
Now your Windows is repaired and fully updated, and hopefully the problems you saw previously have been fixed.

Quote from: Mike V on 30-January-07, 08:38:09
Thanks Bosskiller.
It seems everytime I do a fresh install I have trouble getting my cable internet going again.
I always seem to forget which files I need to download for the mobo to have access to that. ???
pickup drivers from here: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_detail.php?UID=436&kind=1
what OS you use?
"It seems everytime I do a fresh install I have trouble getting my cable internet going again."
where its connected via ethernet port or via USB port? if you connect it through on-board LAN you need to install chipset drivers 1st. if you connect it via USB port ensure your OS installation is with included SP2 on it if its XP. then install chipset drivers as well.
if you use 98 install USB 2.0 drivers 1st,(http://download.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/mbd_dvr/USB2W9XME009.zip) before install cable modem.

T430: Win 7 total crash - safe mode unstable, recovery environment gone

Hi everybody,
I've had my T430 since November and have been dual-booting Win 7 64bit and Ubuntu since then. I'm booting both OSs off of a Crucial M4 SSD and all my data sits in the drive caddy on the original HDD.
A couple of days ago, the windows partition just decided it didn't want to part of this world anymore. I've made no major changes to the system, but after selecting Windows 7 in the boot loader I was met with a BSOD for a fraction of a second and then reboot.
Ubuntu works fine and still recognizes everything, which leads me to assume that nothing's wrong with the SSD itself - it failed the SMART test, but that apparently doesn't really carry any weight with SSDs.
Now, I used the Lenovo-issued "Windows Recovery Environment" to let the system repair itself. That took all night, so I went to bed. Next morning I was greeted by the Win7 login screen, but after entering my credentials the system got stuck in a sort of "loading loop". I forcefully shut down the system and tried to get into Safe Mode. While that works, the system is ULTRA sluggish, everything takes for ever and I've been running Malwarebytes on the Win7 boot partition for the last four hours, which is a lot longer than I would expect it to take. CPU usage is around 0%.
What gives?
At this point I'd like to either return to the "Windows 7 Recovery Environment" or completely re-install the OS, but here's the catch: The Recovery Environment is gone, completely gone. When I select it's entry in the boot loader, Win 7 boots up. The Recovery partition itself is still there, but it seems to be unbootable.
What is happening? Can I download a recovery DVD somewhere? Should I call CS? I'm very confused.
Edit: About the recovery partition - I'm fairly certain that Ubuntu sees all the data and files on there, but Win Safe Mode thinks there is nothing at all on there. I can't double check at the time since I want malwarebytes to finish whatever it is doing.

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CSeq "I/O error"
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
Post any lines of output that appear below what you entered — the text, please, not a screenshot.

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