My computer has no working recovery partition. I shrank the C partition, deleted the recovery partition. Created a new, larger recovery partition, but reagentc does not recognize it. The disk manager app sees it, reports it is good. But windows OS cannot use it, nor can windows update.
How to install KB5034441: Windows Recovery Environment update for Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2: January 9, 2024
I tried to manually resize the partition by 250 MB per the instructions here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf#articleFooterSupportBridge=communityBridge
I had to exit Disk Part because I can not shrink the OS partition first:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3930]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 610c3ed8-af74-11ee-92f0-acd56448675c
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /disable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.3636
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
Disk 0 Online 119 GB 11 MB *
DISKPART> sel disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list part
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 System 750 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 128 MB 751 MB
Partition 3 Primary 117 GB 879 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 1022 MB 118 GB
DISKPART> sel part 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> shrink desired=250 minimum=250
You may not shrink OEM, ESP, or recovery partitions, or, offline volumes.
The volume you have selected may not be shrunk.
Please select another volume and try again.
DISKPART> list part
* Partition 1 System 750 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 128 MB 751 MB
Partition 3 Primary 117 GB 879 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 1022 MB 118 GB
DISKPART> exit
Leaving DiskPart...
C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 610c3eda-af74-11ee-92f0-acd56448675c
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
Is there another way to install this update?
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