Windows 10: Widows 10 recovery partition exists but winRE is disabled

Ok so I have a failed update, that numerous people have had and Microsoft advice is to enlarge the recovery partition.When I run the reagentc/ info I see that winRE is disabled. My question is, why is this so?I suspect that it might be because I don't use the Microsoft Environment to recover my Windows if there is a problem, I use flexible disc imaging software that allows me to store and in need recover the O/s or any part of corrupted data. I am not certain what in Windows triggers Windows to enable winRE, is it always on or is there a trigger?I would appreciate if someone can clarify this q

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Failure to apply update due to recovery partition issue?

My suggestion would be to:

1) Disable WinRE

2) Delete partitions 4 and 5.

3) Extend the C drive to utilize the unallocated space (minus 750 MB)

4) Create a Recovery partition in that 750 MB unallocated space.

Step 1:

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To disable WinRE, run:

• reagentc /disable
  

Next, check if winre.wim has been moved to the c:\windows\system32\Recovery folder. To do so, run:

• dir c:\windows\system32\Recovery /a
  

Please post the outputs.

 

Recreating and enabling the recovery environment (WinRE) from a recovery partition

I am trying to recreate my Windows recovery partition, and everything works until the end, but the agent shows as disabled right after I remove the letter that was assigned to the partition in order to execute the commands.

Here's the full recipe:

1. Select recovery partition and assign letter R: to it.



diskpart

list disk

select disk 0

list partition

select part 4

assign letter=R



2. Create WinRE directories in the partition:



mkdir R:\Recovery\

mkdir R:\Recovery\WindowsRE\



3. Copy the Winre.wim image to the partition

COPY C:\mount\Windows\System32\Recovery\winre.wim R:\Recovery\WindowsRE\



4. Set GUID for the partition to mark it as "Recovery" type (0 is for main disk)



diskpart

list disk

select disk 0

list partition

select part 4

set id=DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC



5. Disable WinRE (in case the "online" WinRE is already enabled)

reagentc /disable



6. Set the WinRE image



reagentc /setreimage /path R:\Recovery\WindowsRE\



7. Re-enable the WinRE environment



reagentc /enable



8. Doublecheck if the WinRE is active:



D:\iTunes>reagentc /info

Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration

Information:



Windows RE status: Enabled

Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE

Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: f15f803a-0bde-11ef-a1bf-f622ec6acd69

Recovery image location:

Recovery image index: 0

Custom image location:

Custom image index: 0



REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.



9. Remove the letter from volume:



diskpart

list disk

select disk 0

list volume

select volume 4

remove letter=R



10. Doublecheck again if the WinRE is active:



D:\iTunes>reagentc /info

Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration

Information:



Windows RE status: Disabled

Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE

Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: f15f803a-0bde-11ef-a1bf-f622ec6acd69

Recovery image location:

Recovery image index: 0

Custom image location:

Custom image index: 0

What am I doing wrong? I really appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you so much!

 

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.