Questions tagged [windows-re]
Windows Recovery Environment is a bootable environment that can be used to fix common issues with unbootable Windows systems.
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How to fix the CrowdStrike blue screen?
There is an ongoing issue where a bad CrowdStrike update has caused systems worldwide to fail to boot Windows and blue screen to WinRE after the failed boot attempts
For machines affected by this, how ...
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Windows 10 BCDEdit "The system cannot find the file specified"
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I am trying to upgrade to Windows 11. I am currently running Windows 10 Pro (22H2). My system is an upgrade, and as part of preparing for Windows 11, I had to convert from MBR to GPT, and ...
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WinRE not enabled after applying newly generated .WIM file
I am trying to generate an reference image of Windows 10 pro. Everything works fine but the recovery tools are not enabled by default in the OOBE after applying the image despite the recovery tools ...
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Move Windows Recovery from C: onto its Own Recovery Partition
While setting up this home Windows installation some months back I managed to end up without a recovery partition for complicated reasons I won't get into, but I'd like to have it back. I have ~...
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Windows 10 RE - kernel is missing or contains errors
I was attempting to create a Veeam Recovery Media (a rescue disk for a backup app) today. Although it was created, it is unbootable, due to a problem with Windows RE, that is used to run this bootable ...
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Repair the Windows recovery partition/fix errors preventing WinRE from enabling
I've performed the Windows 10 reset process successfully, however now Windows RE is disabled and I can not figure out how to fix that. I now have two recovery partitions, a 523MB and 510MB one, and I'...
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WinRE missing storage drivers
I have a few systems that I need to make some changes using the command prompt in the recovery environment however the command prompt does not see any internal drives.
I have found another question ...
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Can clonezilla image a recovery partition?
I am trying to image an entire disk but the last partition (the windows recovery partition) failed. How can I tell if this is a disk error or some sort of copy protection mechanism?
I'm using an asus ...
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Win 10 hard drive full, can't boot, can't delete files in recovery mode or remove write protection
I am stuck on how to get my PC to boot.
I thought the installation might be corrupted but I read that if your hard drive is full then it can cause Windows 10 to not boot. Low and behold I have 2048kb ...
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Multiple WinRE partitions: can I share one partition between several OS installations?
I have two Windows 10 installations on a single GPT drive.
The current partition layout is: EFI WinRE MSR ...OS1... ...OS2...
Currently, OS1 is configured to use WinRE partition, as suggested here. ...
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ReAgentc: Unable to update WinRE boot configuration data
Windows 10 Pro x64 v1909 update fails: Issue seems to be caused by problems with WinRE, receiving the error if I also try to reset the PC.
I've tried resetting the ReAgent.xml [failed] and moving/...
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Windows does not accept login password from Recovery Environment
Windows 10 won't accept my login password from the Recovery Environment. That's the blue screen with options such as Repair Installation.
This is despite Windows accepting the same password to log me ...
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Setting WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment) Flag On Partitions
In AOMEI Partition Assistant I have cloned multiple partitions of one hard drive to another, however, the WRE flags have not been carried over, even when MSR and EFI have.
Is there any way to set WRE ...
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Startup script for Windows Recovery Environment?
I'm trying to automate the Windows 7 Recovery Environment. I want the computer to be able to boot into the Recovery Environment, automatically run some commands, and then restart back into Windows.
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How do you recreate the System Recovery environment in Windows 7?
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium RTM (64-bit) and I want to take advantage of the system recovery tools (eg the Command Prompt) without using the Windows 7 DVD. My understanding is that this ...
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