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
    2022-12-28T15:14:20+00:00

    The drive is no longer visible, however I can't proceed with step 2 if the drive=900. Plus I could not turn off the Bitlocker from the control panel for that drive.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-28T14:29:37+00:00

    Pls turn off BitLocker for Drive T.

    1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then click BitLocker Drive Encryption.
    2. Look for the drive on which you want BitLocker Drive Encryption turned off, and click Turn Off BitLocker.

    And, you seem to have created teh same partition size (1130) as before.

    **If it goes over 1 GB, the System Restore dialog will display the drive.

    Pls try this instead, after deleting the partition:

    • create partition primary size=900

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-28T14:24:09+00:00

    This is what happened when repeating step 2

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-28T14:12:03+00:00

    In the meantime I found something interesting. If the partition size is >1 GB, System Restore dialog lists the volume.

    If I shrink it to 750 MB this issue doesn't happen.

    I think, after deleting the partition,

    • create partition primary size=750

    will do the trick.

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