Can't create recovery drive on this PC

Anonymous
2012-11-10T16:19:44+00:00

Hi guys,

Just tried to create a recovery USB drive. But I find that "We can't create a recovery drive on this PC. Some required files are missing. To troubleshoot problems when your PC can't start, use your Windows installation disc or media."

Uh?

Is a fresh Windows 8 x64 (RTM) installation. Only thing that I can think of is it has UEFI and Secure Boot enabled.

Ideas?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-03-03T19:42:38+00:00

    Are your Command Prompts being run from an Elevated Command Prompt?

    How to Open the Command Prompt as Administrator in Windows 8.1

    http://www.howtogeek.com/194041/how-to-open-the-command-prompt-as-administrator-in-windows-8.1/

    What is the System Reserved Partition?

    http://4sysops.com/archives/what-is-the-system-reserved-partition/

    Sorry, I don't pretend to fully understand your problem.  Is there any help in any of these?

    Problem with recovery partition

    http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/39051-problem-recovery-partition.html

    [SOLVED]Recovery Options Missing

    http://windowsforum.com/threads/solved-recovery-options-missing.197096/

    https://www.google.com.au/search?q=reagentc+%2Fsetreimage+%2Fpath+%5C%5C%3F%5CGLOBALROOT%5Cdevice%5Charddisk1%5Cpartition1%5CRecovery%5CWindowsRE&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-AU:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&gfe_rd=cr&ei=MAr2VKHAPMmN8QfzqYCgDg&gws_rd=ssl

    Any created Recovery Drive on USB or DVD is mainly only a troubleshooting aid to problems with starting Windows 8.  The slightly more useful part is that it allows you to copy the Recovery Partition, should want to, from the hidden Recovery Partition.

    See Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Recovery\Create recovery drive\Copy the recovery partition from PC to recovery drive.

    How to create a system image to refresh your Windows 8 PC

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2748351

    How to create a custom refresh image in Windows 8

    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/create-custom-refresh-image-in-windows-8/

    How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition

    http://www.tweakhound.com/2013/01/02/how-to-resize-your-windows-8-partition/

    How do I increase C:\ drive partition size in Windows 8.1?

    http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-increase-C-drive-partition-size-in-Windows-8-1 

    How to Transfer Windows 8/8.1 to New Hard Drive with AOMEI Backupper?

    http://www.backup-utility.com/windows-8/transfer-windows-8-to-new-hard-drive.html

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-03T17:06:15+00:00

    I'm having this problem not being able to create a USB Recovery Stick and I think I know the reason why.  But I don't know how to fix it!

    I removed the original 500GB HDD and replaced it with two SSD's.  The original data was cloned across to one of the SSD's.  When I look in the Computer Management-Disk Management I can see the Recovery Partition is in Disk1 in the first partition instead of Disk0.  My guess Win8.1 doesn't know where to find it.

    How do I fix this?  I tried

     reagentc /setreimage /path \?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk1\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE

    and it doesn't work

    Reagent /info shows

    Windows RE status:  Disabled

    Windows RE Location:

    Boot Configuration Data <BCD> identifier: 02524150-9375-11e2-ab93-993146b3d831

    Recovery image location:

    Recovery image index:  2

    Custom image location:

    Custom image index:  0

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-09T03:47:23+00:00

    Can you open up an Elevated Command Prompt?

    Windows 8 – Elevated Command Prompt

    http://www.tweakhound.com/2012/11/12/windows-8-elevated-command-prompt/

    If you can, type the word "Control" into it and see if you can locate Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Recovery and from that create a Recovery Drive.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-01-08T04:44:23+00:00

    Sandeep;

    I realize that this would work amazingly EXCEPT for the face that I can not access any of administration function... What do I do?

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