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?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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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
    2023-01-01T15:43:05+00:00

    Understood! I ran a registry edit and it worked. Thanks for your support!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-01T15:21:25+00:00
    1. The default wim should be enough in most cases. The OEM drivers may be needed for certain make/model hard disk controllers, otherwise, the HDD may not be detected in WinRE.
    2. I faced this issue earlier, and I can repro it even now. The following sequence of steps fixed the issue for me:
    1. Delete c:\windows\system32\recovery\reagent.xml
    2. copy winre.wim to "c:\windows\system32\recovery"
    3. Delete the recovery partition.
    4. Recreate the recovery partition.
    5. Format it (NTFS) and assign the label.
    6. Assign a drive letter, say S: .
    7. Exit Diskpart.
    8. Create folder "s:\recovery\windowsre"
    9. Copy winre.wim to the recovery partition s:\recovery\windowsre
    10. Run reagentc /setreimage command and set the path as "s:\recovery\windowsre"
    11. Run diskpart again, and remove the drive letter
    12. Run the "set id" and "gpt attributes" commands.
    13. exit diskpart
    14. reagentc /enable
    15. reagentc /info

    If the sequence is followed incorrectly, WinRE won't work without the drive letter assignment. the mistake we did was we set the ID and attributes very early.

    (or)

    Simply run a registry edit that hides specified drive letters (in this case S:) from Explorer using the "NoDrives" value. (Here's a guide for you)

    My suggestion would be to use the registry method, as this is just a cosmetic issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-01T13:57:20+00:00

    Ok. Windows must be able to detect and download the drivers needed I am guessing right? I don't know if I can even do anything about it at this point.

    As I mentioned in the previous response, a letter needs to be assigned to the drive in order for windre to be enabled which means it will show up in explorer. Hiding the drive by removing the letter assigned will remove it from explorer but disable winre as well. Any ideas?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-01T13:43:37+00:00

    Thanks. FYI, I ran Windiff and found that the 1 GB WIM ("winre.wim.orig") has these additional drivers, most likely added by the OEM: https://pastebin.com/NEtSj2wd

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