Windows 10: Windows recovery environment taking too much space

Discus and support Windows recovery environment taking too much space in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I have a 100 GB SSD for booting everything else - including all user files - lives on a separate HDD. For some time now Dell has been telling me that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Earl G., Sep 9, 2022.

  1. EARL G.
    Earl G. Win User

    Windows recovery environment taking too much space


    I have a 100 GB SSD for booting everything else - including all user files - lives on a separate HDD. For some time now Dell has been telling me that there isn't enough room to back up my system files - I decided to look more carefully and discovered that there are three Windows Recovery Environment partitions, taking up nearly 14 GB 11.9 GB, 1.1 GB, and 798 MB of space on the SSD. Do I really need all of these? If not, how can I delete the ones I don't need?

    :)
     
    Earl G., Sep 9, 2022
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  2. ROLANDO VIL
    Rolando Vil Win User

    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.
     
    Rolando Vil, Sep 9, 2022
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  3. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User
    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
     
    topgundcp, Sep 9, 2022
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  4. STONEBATO
    stonebato Win User

    Windows recovery environment taking too much space

    Can't find recovery environment windows 10


    Hi guys, good day. I need your help regarding with reseting my laptop. I clone my OS from hdd to ssd using easeUS. after cloning I formatted my hdd since I'm confident that everything is ok. now I can't reset my laptop because of this error. I had tried these steps below but it's not working.
    diskpart
    select disk 0
    list partition
    select partition
    set id

    your help is greatly appreciated.

    Many thanks in advance.
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    stonebato, Sep 9, 2022
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