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
    2022-12-24T13:41:48+00:00

    Hi,

    In the System Restore dialog, select that unknown drive and click Configure.

    Select the slider to Max.

    Note down the disk size reported.

    Click Cancel to close the dialog.

    From Admin PowerShell, run:

    • diskpart

    And then run:

    • list volume

    (Take a screenshot of the output window.)

    • exit

    Run:

    • Get-WMIObject win32_volume | Format-List -property Label, DriveLetter, DeviceID, SystemVolume, Capacity
    • Mountvol

    (Take a screenshot of the output window.)

    Please upload the screenshots here.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-24T14:09:43+00:00

    Thanks for the response. This is how far I've come. I could not run "Get-WMIObject win32_volume | Format-List -property Label, DriveLetter, DeviceID, SystemVolume, Capacity" for some reason. What I did is copy and paste the command above, open run WIN+R and paste, the last screenshot shows the error message.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-24T14:46:17+00:00

    It must be the recovery partition. Open Diskmgmt.msc and maximize the window. Pls take a screenshot and post here.

    And in Admin Command Prompt, run:

    • diskpart
    • sel vol 2
    • detail partition
    • assign letter=s:
    • exit

    (take a screenshot of the Command Prompt window)

    Type:

    • dir s:\ /s /a >c:\dirlist.txt

    See what's in the c:\dirlist.txt file.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-24T15:12:12+00:00

    These are the results. Thanks once again

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