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
    2022-12-28T16:32:09+00:00

    Step 1: Assign drive letter.

    • DiskPart
    • sel disk 0
    • lis par
    • sel par # (replace # with the WinRE partition's number)
    • gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
    • assign letter=T
    • exit

    Step 2: Copy WinRE.wim and enable Windows RE

    • mkdir T:\Recovery\WindowsRE
    • xcopy /h C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\Winre.wim T:\Recovery\WindowsRE
    • Reagentc /setreimage /path T:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\Windows
    • Reagentc /enable

    Step 3: Mark the partition as Recovery partition *and* hide the drive from Explorer

    • diskpart
    • sel disk 0
    • lis par
    • sel par # (replace # with the WinRE partition's number.)
    • set id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac override
    • gpt attributes=0x4000000000000000
    • remove
    • exit

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-28T16:24:43+00:00

    How can I copy winre.wim to the T: drive and enable WinRE?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-28T16:07:36+00:00

    Nice! See if you can copy winre.wim to the T: drive and enable WinRE now. If you can't, temporarily revert the attributes to 0x8000000000000001, enable WinRE and then set it back to 0x4000000000000000.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-28T16:03:52+00:00

    Awesome! That worked flawlessly! I really appreciate it!

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