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To learn more, see Configure UEFI/GPT-Based Hard Drive Partitions or Configure BIOS/MBR-Based Hard Drive Partitions. This way, if future updates require a larger recovery partition, Windows will be able to handle it more efficiently by adjusting the Windows and recovery partition sizes, rather than having to create a new recovery partition size while the old one remains in place. Store the recovery tools in a dedicated partition, directly after the Windows partition. It also prevents your users from accidentally modifying or removing the WinRE tools. This enables your users to use WinRE even if the Windows partition is encrypted with Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption. When WinRE is installed on a hard drive, the partition must be formatted as NTFS.Īdd the baseline WinRE tools image (winre.wim) to a separate partition from the Windows and data partitions. When you deploy Windows by applying images, you must manually configure the hard drive partitions.
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Windows initially places the WinRE image file (winre.wim) in the Windows partition, in the \Windows\System32\Recovery folder.īefore delivering the PC to your customer, you can modify or replace the WinRE image file to include additional languages, drivers, or packages.ĭuring the specialize configuration pass, the WinRE image file is copied into the recovery tools partition, so that the device can boot to the recovery tools even if there's a problem with the Windows partition.
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When you install Windows by using Windows Setup, WinRE is configured like this:ĭuring Windows Setup, Windows prepares the hard drive partitions to support WinRE. For performance reasons, minimize the number of languages, drivers, and tools that you add to the image.
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The number of packages, languages, and drivers is limited by the amount of memory available on the PC.
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For more info, see Recover the Operating System or Full Server. This tool restores the entire hard drive.