Windows 10: How do I download winre.wim file?/file missing reagentc command dosent work.

I cloned disks and the recovery partition didn't clone correctly. I recreated the recovery partition and assigned the attributes to to make it a recovery partition again. Now when I reagentcy /enable it says: REAGENTC.EXE: The Windows RE image was not found. And when i go into C:/windows/sys32/recovery the winre.wim file is not there, only the reagent.xml file is there. I already wiped the original drive, and I cant get the recovery environment to work.

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Compacting a wim file?

Actually it turns out the answer is the dism that comes with Win8. Using the new Export-Image command, and a simple batch file, was able to compress my AIO wim by several hundred mbs.

 

Compacting a wim file?

Sorry, no idea where to put this. I just recently learned how to use dism. I use it to slipstream all hotfixes and ie10 ect into an AIO install disc. The problem is, it creates a huge install.wim after 8 index mounts and slipstreams. Considering all 8 images use the same darn wim and files, don't know why it has to increase the wim size by 1gig. Either I need to figure out how to use the same wim.install file for all indexes, or I need to compact the wim file which is now 4gbs with ie10 and all updates to April. Any way to do either?

 

WIM File

Hi Aussie. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, specializing in Installation, Performance, Troubleshooting and Activation, here to help you.



See if you can System Restore to a point before the problem began following this guide: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-system-r...

System Restore is your first line of defense and can take you back to a point before a problem began like a time machine. If it doesn't help then you can undo it. Read about it first in the tutorial above and then try restoring to just before this started.

If not then see if this method works to mount the .wim image and extract the .pdf files from it:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/win...

If you dont' feel comfortable with the Command Line then you can use these other free methods to mount and extract files from .wim image file:

https://www.videoconverterfactory.com/tips/extr...

https://windowsreport.com/open-wim-files-window...

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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