When I created the USB system recovery, I used the option to delete the recovery partition.
So you only need "Windows RE location".
Windows RE location. - This partition contains Windows Recovery Environment tools and utilities, allowing the user to repair problems that affect the system drive.
It looks like the new partition 3 might be the location of Windows RE.
Yes.
diskpart
select disk 0
list partition
select partition
3
set id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
list partition
exit
reagentc /info
If I reset the ID of partition 3 on the new SSD and it is not the Windows RE location, how can I set it back?
Here is a reference list of partition type and ID, when you are using the GPT partition style. You need to manually select partition and then SET ID for the damaged partition type.
- Recovery is DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC
- System is C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
- OEM is BFBFAFE7-A34F-448A-9A5B-6213EB736C22
- Reserved is E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE (You cannot update the partition with type Reserved.)
- Primary is EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
The option I get is "Remove everything and reinstall Windows" to reset to factory settings. Is this what I need to do if all else fails?
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2302-reset-windows-8-a.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-windows-8-a.html
Do you get any error message when you click on the "Get started" button? For example, "Could not find the recovery environment".
Note! You must connect your Windows 8 Recovery USB flash drive, because: "When I created the USB system recovery, I used the option to delete the recovery partition."
Then select the "Cancel" option (see screenshot below).