Windows 10: Is an in-place upgrade possible in the recovery environment?

My machine has gone into an infinite loop of trying to automatic repair, then failing to do so but never getting to the windows 10 desktop.


I"ve tried utilising a restore point which it won;t let me do, I tried uninstalling the last fixes which it won't let me do...


I don't want to reset the OS as that will mean lots of apps to reinstall, data to restore etc.


Can I perform an in-place upgrade from the windows recovery environment?


My process would be to launch into the command prompt then launch setup.exe from a USB with the windows 10 ISO on it.


My concern is that running systeminfo says that its running windows from x:\windows not d:\windows.

:)

 

Missing Recovery Environment

Hi Alan,

Here is a link containing several useful suggestions to help you recover Windows 10. Since the error message that you got tells you to insert your Windows installation or recovery media. We suggest the perform the steps listed under
Use a recovery drive to restore or reset your PC or you can also follow the steps under
Use installation media to restore or reset your PC. Please see the link below for more details:

Recovery options in Windows 10.

Regards.

 

Unable to access Windows Recovery Environment normally

Some entries in the bcd for the recovery environment is either corrupted or missing. To fix the problem, you;d need to rebuild the entries for the recovery environment.
Here's the steps:

1. Turn on folder options to show hidden files/folders. Open admin command then type: reagentc /disable
   - This will move 2 files from the recovery partition reagent.xml and winre.wim to C:\windows\system32\recovery
2. If you have the Windows 10 ISO, double click on it to mount to a virtual cd/dvd else If you have the Windows 10 USB then navigate to Sources folder and look for install.esd or install.wim.
3. Use 7-ZIP to open install.esd or install.wim, select and index. eg. 6 then navigate to Windows\system32\recovery. You'd see 2 files: Winre.wim and reagent.xml.
4. Remove everything from C:\windows\system32\recovery (ie. your current winre.win and reagent.xml)
5. Copy the new winre.wim and reagent.xml from the install.esd/install.wim to C:\windows\system32\Recovery
6. From admin command, type: ReAgentc /enable

Reboot to recovery. This will also fix the problem with shutdown /r /o

 

Windows Recovery Environment

Hi,

As per your concern, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a recovery environment that can repair common causes of unbootable operating systems. Setting up a security permission to access WinRE is not possible as it is a way to access computer especially
if you have issues trying to get in to the system.

However, you have a great idea. If you want that feature to be available, you can share your comments and suggestions on our
Windows Feedback hub to help us improve our services. Simply type
Windows Feedback on the Start menu.

Should you have further questions, feel free to get back to us.