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
    2023-01-01T13:57:20+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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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