How do I add a Recovery Image to the partition

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I have created the ISO I want using NLT (Licensed Version), all the partitions are in place etc, the main image is working perfectly, the issue I have is that there is nothing in the actual recovery partition.

I am looking for help to take the ISO image I have created and add it in to the recovery partition so that if a user needs to reset the device, the base image is there in the RP

Please help

KR
 
reagentc will enable the Recovery Environment when there's an assigned Recovery partition (with the right ID type), and WinRe.wim is present in the Windows folder.

There's two types of Windows reset: Reset My PC, and a bare-metal reset.

1. Reset My PC presumes your Windows partition is intact, and will start over by re-linking Windows and Program Files folders and files from the current WinSxS repository. Obviously this doesn't work if you removed WinSxS from the install image.

2. A bare-metal reset is a more advanced recovery feature. It requires both an install.wim (which NTLite can customize), and Windows image customizations on a bootable media created from the WinRE. This requires steps outside of NTLite, using the Windows ADK tools.
 
Thank you for this - but how do i add it in to the image - to add the ISO image does contain the WinSxS repository, the image looks clean, but when i attempt to complete a restore it errors
 
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Please attach your preset (after removing any user passwords or license key), so we can see what changes were made.
 
No, a copy of your NTLite preset used to prepare the ISO. Otherwise it's difficult to know which changes might have broken the reset or restore features.
 
Use the "Attach files" button on the forum's message box, and add your preset file from "C:\Program Files\NTLite\Presets".
 
Assuming there were no other edits, Windows should have created a working recovery partition. Was there another editing session where anything else was removed from the image?
 
Hello no further changes were made following the attached - the error code i get suggests missing files:

An internal error occurred. The following information might help you resolve the error:

The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002)
 
Where did you download the source ISO? Is this a clean copy from MS?
 
Fresh download of windows hasn't made a difference, attached is the latest xml. same issue as above

An internal error occurred. The following information might help you resolve the error:

The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002)
 

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Where are you downloading these ISO's from? 22621.4169 (Sep 2024) is not an official MS image (unless it's from VLSC). If you're using UUP dump, check what config.ini settings are being used.
 
Hello I have tried a few different - if you have somewhere official i could get 23H2 from, I am more than happy to give this a try!
 
GJDForver92 said:
Hello I have tried a few different - if you have somewhere official i could get 23H2 from, I am more than happy to give this a try!
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You can find the latest "official" version of 23h2 (22631.5126) here

uupdump.net

Select language for Windows 11, version 23H2 (22631.5126) amd64

Select language for Windows 11, version 23H2 (22631.5126) amd64 on UUP dump. UUP dump lets you download Unified Update Platform files, like Windows Insider updates, directly from Windows Update.
uupdump.net

EDIT : wrong quote
 
I have tried with the latest windows 11 image directly from the Microsoft site and still get the same issue, i am wondering if it is something relating to the device I am trying to re-image?
 
When you say there's nothing in the Recovery partition, how do you know that? What does "reagentc /info" report?
 
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