Solved Windows 8.1 Recovery - Could not find recovery environment

[philbyk]

Hello dear friends,

I believe that I have some serious problems in my laptop. I will list some of them, and I hope that maybe someone can help me out because I'm getting crazy with these issues!

1. I cannot use recover options in Windows 8.1 because it says "Could not find recovery environment".

2. When I go to Advanced Start up, under Recovery menu, it does not show Troubleshoot option.

3. When I try to Create a Recovery drive, it says "We can't create a recovery drive on this PC".

4. When I try to enable/disable "reagentc" in CMD, it says "Operation Failed:3".

5. I cannot access in Bios, since I bought the laptop, and therefore I cannot re install a fresh copy of windows with my flash drive.

Basically, I'm stuck.

Hope someone can help me!

 

[theog]

Welcome to EightForums

Have you made the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?

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We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD. (Windows 8 only)
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2855-system-repair-disc-create-windows-8-a.html (Windows 8 only)
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I would recommend you making the OEM manufacturer's Recovery DVD's or USB drive.
or
You can order the Microsoft official OEM Recovery disks from the OEM manufacturer's website.

Did you upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1?

 

[philbyk]

Thank you for your reply!

I did not upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, when I bought it, was upgraded already.

I once used Remove Everything and Re install Windows, and it worked. But now, non of these options work. I don't know what happened. I believe that for all problems mentioned above exists one common problem, but unfortunately I don't know which.

 

[topgundcp]

Can you post a screen shot of the Disk Management screen.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2596-screenshot-create-paint-windows-8-a.html

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[theog]

Try running Reset from OEM Recovery USB/DVD, or from the OEM tools.
How to do a Reset:
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2302-reset-windows-8-a.html

 

[philbyk]

Can you post a screen shot of the Disk Management screen.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2596-screenshot-create-paint-windows-8-a.html

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2598-screenshots-files-upload-post-eight-forums.html

Yes sure, here it is:

 

[philbyk]

Try running Reset from OEM Recovery USB/DVD, or from the OEM tools.
How to do a Reset:
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2302-reset-windows-8-a.html

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Like I said before; "2. When I go to Advanced Start up, under Recovery menu, it does not show Troubleshoot option."! So I cannot do that, troubleshoot option does not even appear.

 

[theog]

Not from the desktop, from the OEM Recovery USB/DVD,

 

[topgundcp]

ok. This is exactly the same problem that I helped this gentleman last week. You need to open the Admin Command prompt

1. Type: diskpart
2. Type: Select disk 0
3. Type list partition

And look for the partition with "Recovery" label, Take a note of the size of the partition then follow the instruction from this post:
http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/53334-could-not-find-recovery-environment.html#post425220

 

[philbyk]

I will post some other screen shoots, to make it easier for you!

 

[philbyk]

ok. This is exactly the same problem that I helped this gentleman last week. You need to open the Admin Command prompt

1. Type: diskpart
2. Type: Select disk 0
3. Type list partition

And look for the partition with "Recovery" label, Take a note of the size of the partition then follow the instruction from this post:
http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/53334-could-not-find-recovery-environment.html#post425220

None of my partitions is named "Recovery" (see pictures that I posted above)...
And, before I came here to ask for help, I have searched in this forum, but nothing helped me out, including your link.

 

[philbyk]

Not from the desktop, from the OEM Recovery USB/DVD,

If I'm getting it right, I cannot do that either, because I cannot use "Recovery Drive" option. Watch the screen shots above.

 

[popeye]

I don't see the other commands topgundcp told you to run in the previous post he linked to.

They have your named OEM instead of Recovery.

 

[philbyk]

I don't see the other commands topgundcp told you to run in the previous post he linked to.

They have your named OEM instead of Recovery.

Here they are:

 

[popeye]

Did you use some kind of partitioning software to get that 49GB partition?

 

[philbyk]

Did you use some kind of partitioning software to get that 49GB partition?

Yes, I used "EaseUs Partition Master"!

 

[popeye]

Afraid of that, you may have buggered up your recovery. At this point I would try to assign 6 as your recovery and see what happens.

 

[philbyk]

Afraid of that, you may have buggered up your recovery. At this point I would try to assign 6 as your recovery and see what happens.

I tried, it says the same thing; "There is no volume specified. Please select a volume and try again."

 

[popeye]

Afraid of that, you may have buggered up your recovery. At this point I would try to assign 6 as your recovery and see what happens.

I tried, it says the same thing; "There is no volume specified. Please select a volume and try again."

I would say time to order recovery media from Packard Bell: Packard Bell Recovery Media

 

[theog]

Did you use some kind of partitioning software to get that 49GB partition?

Yes, I used "EaseUs Partition Master"!

(EaseUs Partition Master) again.