Windows 10: Windows 11 Create Recovery Drive Utility after April 2024 Windows Update

I have generally created a new recovery drive image after each Windows Update - which is generally monthly. I actually create two just to be on the safeside. Following the April 2024 update the creation of the image fails when about 95% complete. I have rebooted the computer before starting the utility, formatted the drives and used a new USB stick - all are 64MB and are of types used before. Having not made any other changes to the computer since my last recovery image created in March 2024 I am not sure what can be going on and must presume that the latest update has led to the issue.Have ne

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Cumulative updates for Windows - April 2024

The following release notes coincide with Cumulative updates for all the supported versions of Windows, released on April 9th, 2024.

Windows 11

Windows 11, version 23H2
April 9, 2024—KB5036893 (OS Builds 22621.3447 and 22631.3447) - Microsoft Support

Windows 11 version 22H2

April 9, 2024—KB5036893 (OS Builds 22621.3447 and 22631.3447) - Microsoft Support

Windows 10

April 9, 2024—KB5036892 (OS Builds 19044.4291 and 19045.4291) - Microsoft Support

For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. For an overview of Windows 11, version 23H2, see its update history page.

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Help! Failure trying to create a recovery drive in Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience caused to you while creating the recovery drive on Widows 10 with error: "We can't create the recovery drive. A problem occurred while creating the recovery drive.", we will help you with this issue.

This issue might have occurred because of the recovery partition is not created during Windows setup, and will be unavailable for Windows to access and use for the purposes of copying recovery files to a CD or USB, resulting in the error above.

To fix the problem explained above, it is necessary to copy the appropriate files from the Windows 10 DVD to your PC, so that Windows can access and use them to create the recovery drive. Then, the recovery agent is configured with the new path to the setup
files and the creation can proceed.

Refer: How
to download official Windows 10 ISO files

Follow the below steps:

• Copy the contents of the Windows DVD to a folder on your C:\ drive.
• Launch an elevated command prompt window by typing in “cmd” in the search menu, and then pressing + + .
• Type in the following to re-configure Windows to point to the correct setup files location:
  

• reagentc /disable
• reagentc /setosimage /path C:\Win10\
• reagentc /enable

4. Verify the commands worked by typing in the following:

• reagentc /info

Later, I suggest you to try creating the recovery drive as suggested in the Microsoft article and check if it helps.

Creating a recovery drive

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

 

create recovery drive

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in response.

I suggest you to refer the below support article and check.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/create-usb-recovery-drive

(Steps for 8.1 also applicable for Windows 10)

Let us know if this helps.