Solved Unable to use built-in ASUS recovery partition

[sarisdesign]

Please can you give me some help... I just need to know how to turn my "Primary" recovery drive back to a "Recovery" recovery drive since EaseUS changed the type of partition on me. And now I cannot restore my windows 8 computer back to factory settings. Please help.

 

[KYHI]

Okay, well, here is what my DISK shows. I just thought since I didn't want Windows 8.1 upgrade right now I could delete any partition that it created:

The 600MB partition is the Factory Windows 8 Recovery and Tools - the 350MB is the windows 8.1 recovery tools

when you run > reagent /info < you will notice that it is pointing to windowsRE on partition 4 and not partition 2

Before you do anything decide, what you really want - a clean install to windows 8.1 or reset back to factory windows 8

I will tell you this windows 8 is out and it will lose support - you are forced to upgrade to windows 8.1 by Microsoft.. 8 is dead..

And with windows 10 in the pipeline windows 8.1 may soon follow..

 

[KYHI]

Please can you give me some help... I just need to know how to turn my "Primary" recovery drive back to a "Recovery" recovery drive since EaseUS changed the type of partition on me. And now I cannot restore my windows 8 computer back to factory settings. Please help.

Open command prompt(admin) by right click start flag

type> diskpart

type> list volume

find the volume number that is your recovery image partition (10GB-20GB partition)

type> select volume * (* being that recovery partition volume number)

type> assign letter=r

browse for the folder that has "install.wim" or "install*.swm(s)"

and then type>

C:\Windows\System32\Reagentc /Setosimage /Path R:\RecoveryImage /Target C:\Windows /Index 1

assuming the install* file(s) are on "R" and in a folder called "RecoveryImage"

- change drive letter and folder name to suit your system setup


The fact it is a primary partition does not matter, as the recovery partition is a primary partition with the attributes ID set to recovery and hidden - to do that you would then

to set as recovery partition type> set id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac

to set as hidden, system required partition type> gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001

 

[sarisdesign]

Thank you

 

[sarisdesign]

Still having problems.

OK... So I have a new question. Even when the setosimage is linked to install.wim... How do I use that file to reinstall to factory settings? It still says it can't find the recovery environment. It says my RE status is disabled and I try and enable it, but it says there is no recovery in the specified path. It does show the recover image path and the index 1.. I guess I just need to know how to restore my windows folder with what I have done so far... And I would really just like to be able to do it through the "Refresh PC and Delete Everything" in Windows 8.1

 

[sarisdesign]

My path is R:\RECOVERYIMAGE and I am doing it on a p1801 Asus all in one. All the info is there for recreating the partitions and reinstall all the files. But I just can't get this thing working for the life of me.

 

[KYHI]

post a snap shot of disk management (partitions)
and of RE Info > reagentc /info

 

[sarisdesign]

Screenshots

Here they are.

Disk Managment


Reagentc /info


R:\RECOVERYDRIVE

 

[sarisdesign]

?

Decided to post this too.

Diskpart > List Volume


Let me know what the hell I'm doing wrong.. lol

 

[SIW2]

Did you do reagentc /disable

first?

If so, it seems it can't find winre.wim.

You would need to point at it if that is the case.

 

[sarisdesign]

Where would that file be? I only have the install.wim in the recovery partition. Where would it normally be kept?

 

[KYHI]

diskpart is not pulling the 800MB partition..

your recovery image is registered

select volume 2

assign letter=s

 

[KYHI]

C:\Windows\System32\Reagentc /Setreimage /Path S:\Recovery\WindowsRE /Target C:\Windows

reagentc /info

reagentc /enable

reboot

reagentc /info > post shot

 

[sarisdesign]

Ok... Looks good in the screenshot...
but when i try to refresh, it says "There is a problem refreshing your PC"
So, any ideas?
I assigned the letter, Than I /setreimage, Than i enabled the reagentc
and it all went through successful, but still can't refresh

 

[KYHI]

that install.wim and resetconfig.xml and I believe oemver.txt are the three files you need.. there is another txt file that may be needed..

we can rewrite the txt files and the xml file.

But that Install.wim is your factory image and you will want to protect it..

 

[KYHI]

trying to find that 800MB partition

Type> diskpart
type> select disk 0
type list partition
type select partition 1
type assign letter=t

C:\Windows\System32\Reagentc /Setreimage /Path T:\Recovery\WindowsRE /Target C:\Windows

 

[sarisdesign]

here you go... both current partitions and volumes

 

[KYHI]

ok follow above

 

[KYHI]

and that should do it for you

windowsRE location is partition 1 and recovery image location in partition 5

reagentc /info

 

[sarisdesign]

says i need to select a volume in order to assign a letter.
and the partition 1 800MB does not show up on the list volume