Drive appears when in system properties

Anonymous
2022-12-24T13:28:12+00:00

This drive appeared from nowhere when I was checking for restore points. I only have one user and this drive (\?\Volume{a6810e9c-7196-4ad5...) does not appear anywhere else. I haven't been able to remove it, not because it's causing performance issues or anything, but simply because it bugs me. Any idea what that is and how to remove it?

I've tried resetting my laptop several times but all in vain. Is there any solution for this?

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Anonymous
2022-12-31T15:41:51+00:00

The log says winre.wim can't be found even though the file is present there.

Pls try:

  • attrib -s -h -r c:\windows\system32\recovery\reagent.xml
  • del c:\windows\system32\recovery\reagent.xml /a
  • REAGENTC /disable
  • copy c:\winre.wim T:\Recovery\WindowsRE /y
  • REAGENTC /setreimage /path T:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\Windows
  • REAGENTC /enable

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-01T13:35:30+00:00

    My bad, apparently if I don't assign a letter to the drive and decide to remove it (inorder to hide it in explorer) winre is disabled, but if the letter T is assigned (which keeps it showing in explorer) then winre is enabled. There must be a way to hide it right?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-01T13:29:56+00:00

    I just ran reagentc /info out of curiosity and now it says disabled again :|

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-01T13:26:33+00:00

    Here are the results: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Av2WImYSXApojhcNgk4\_u0EnVWwt?e=fplMHk

    I don't understand how a reinstalling windows didn't solve the issue and why the drive appeared out of nowehere in the first place.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-01T04:46:03+00:00

    Just out of curiosity, why is the original winre.wim that big? Perhaps you can run winre_info.bat (run as administrator) to get the list of drivers & packages on that 1.2 GB WIM.

    Note: You don't need to do that. But if you wish to run it, please upload the contents to C:\Logs folder. Thanks. The Batch file assumes the file "c:\winre.wim.orig" is present.

    (I will delete this post later, as it may be off-topic.)

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