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
    2022-12-29T14:19:11+00:00

    So, clearly, the attributes 0x8000000000000001 and 0x4000000000000000 don't seem to help. Although 0x4000000000000000 hides the drives from being enumerated, it causes issues with WinRE.

    Your only option is to extract the WinRE.wim (~600 MB) file from Windows ISO and replace the existing WinRE.wim with the Windows-default WIM. However, if the WIM you're using has been injected with custom drivers and tools, you'll miss them. Backup c:\windows\system32\recovery\winre.wim to a safe location.

    Extract winre.wim from ISO (using 7-Zip) and place it there.

    Then reduce the size of WinRE partition to 900 MB.

    Set the WinRE path again using ReAgentC and enable WinRE.

    Boot into WinRE to test if everything is working well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-29T13:19:16+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-29T05:42:07+00:00

    Try:

    • reagentc /disable
    • reagentc /setreimage /path \?\globalroot\device\harddisk0\partition4\recovery\windowsre /target c:\windows

    Pls upload "C:\Windows\Logs\ReAgent\ReAgent.log"

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