Accidentally deleted recovery partition. How to get winre.wim file back in recovery folder in system32 ?

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2026-09-13T10:05:17.07+00:00

Accidentally deleted recovery partition. How to get winre.wim file back in recovery folder in system32 ?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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  1. Ramesh Srinivasan 87,350 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-09-13T10:45:37.2366667+00:00

    Hi,

    Right-click Start, and click Disk Management. Maximize Disk Management, adjust the column widths in the top pane to make all the entries visible. Post a screenshot.

    If Winre.wim is missing from the C:\Windows\System32\Recovery folder, you can restore it from the Windows 11 ISO.

    Download the Windows 11 25H2 ISO from the link below.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

    After downloading the ISO, mount it by double-clicking it.

    Open the \Sources\ directory in the ISO and locate install.esd or install.wim.

    You can then open install.esd or install.wim using 7-Zip or a similar utility and copy Winre.wim from it.

    Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/a/7520756

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