Windows 10: can i fix my WinRE recovery partition

i tried to follow the instructions i got from the update and managed to format my recovery drive.no great big deal every thing else still works except cant reset pc. if i re install from a cd will thatfix the recovery drive. or is there any thing i can do now using command? i cant hurt too much nowany way i have another laptop. i can exxperiment

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Windows 10: Can I safely remove WINRE or RECOVERY partitions?

I'm attempting to install Ubuntu Linux alongside Windows 10 in a dual-boot configuration. However, my hard drive comes with four Primary partitions already created, as seen here in gParted:





Thus, I must remove a partition to allow for an extended partition, in which I can place my logical partitions for Linux. I'll shrink the Windows partition to create space.

• I created a recovery USB drive using the HP Recovery Media Creation tool desktop app. Does this drive fully replace the functionality of either the WINRE or RECOVERY partitions? If so, can I safely remove either partition without messing up my Windows 10 installation in any way (including boot process), voiding any warranties, or preventing myself from restoring Windows 10 in the future?
  
• I know that holding Shift while clicking the Restart button will restart your computer into a special menu where you can change certain settings or boot from removable media (source, step 4 in the article). Is this special menu reliant on either the WINRE or RECOVERY partitions? Is the computer in fact booting into one of these partitions to display this menu?
  
• What exactly are the purposes of these two partitions?
  

NOTE: I've read other questions regarding hard drives with four primary partitions already created. They don't resolve my issue, as they don't address the WINRE and RECOVERY partitions on a Windows 10 system specifically.

 

How to create Recovery partition back??

Use diskpart to set type of that first partition on disk 0 to WinRE:

list disk (check disk number)

select disk 0 (select correct disk)

list part (check partition number)

select part 1 (select correct partition)

set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac" (set partition type to WinRE)

gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001 (mark as required partition)

Setting WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment) Flag On Partitions.

EDIT: Note, this is only for UEFI/GPT disks.

 

Add WINRE to partition, Win10

Thank you for posting back.

Apologies for the confusion. I was actually referring the the reserved partition not recovery or WinRE partition. WinRE or Windows Recovery Environment is automatically installed on your system partition. This doesn't create a separate partition for just
WinRE.

You can check it yourself by going to Settings > Update & Security >
Recovery, then click on Restart now. Your computer should boot into Windows Recovery Environment. In most cases, you computer will automatically enter the Windows Recovery Environment if it fails to load the operating system.

Let us know if you have other concerns.