The 8.1 ent trial is no use to you.
You need 8.0. There are links to 8.0 ent trial , but it means d/l the whole thing and extracting winre from the big install.wim.
Much easier for you to have a look with pgpro and see if there is a folder on the 300mb partition called Recovery\WindowsRE. Good chance 8.0 winre.wim will still be hiding out in there.
Here is what it looks like :
( EDIT - I just saw the 350mb partition in your screenie. That is where 8.1 winre.wim should be. )
You may be able fix reagent by replacing the .xml files with templates. Check where everything is first.
Now what to do with those files? And where would I be able to get those template xml files you were talking about?
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.3.9600
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: WATCHER
DISKPART> lis dis
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 233 GB 1024 KB *
DISKPART> sel dis 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> lis par
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Recovery 300 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 System 99 MB 301 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128 MB 400 MB
Partition 4 Primary 149 GB 528 MB
Partition 5 Primary 68 GB 150 GB
Partition 6 Recovery 15 GB 218 GB
DISKPART> sel par 6
Partition 6 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> assign letter="T"
DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
DISKPART> exit
Leaving DiskPart...
C:\Windows\system32>t:
T:\>dir
Volume in drive T is Recovery
Volume Serial Number is 94C6-8FC7
Directory of T:\
01/18/2014 12:42 PM <DIR> RecoveryImage
0 File(s) 0 bytes
1 Dir(s) 10,263,478,272 bytes free
OK try replacing the .xml file next to winre in your screenie with this one.
Also replace the .xml file in windows\system32\recovery.
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OK, that's what I thought. A lot of this stuff is over my head but it seems to me that the 8.1 update overwrote the factory setup/link to the big restore partition. The little one is what you get with a clean install from a retail disk. The larger one with the full image is added by the OEM.
Can't help but glad I made a usb flash recovery right after getting my laptop. Let this be a lesson for anyone reading this.
I hope you can figure it out Qub1 and teach us all something in the process. Should be in the realm of possibility to get it to work I would think. Anyway to get the files onto a flash and try to boot from it?
Anyway to get the files onto a flash and try to boot from it?
Anyway to get the files onto a flash and try to boot from it?
Sure, that is one of several options. OP has the files needed to do it.