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Create Windows PE Rescue Media

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Howdy,

A nice guy on the forum suggested me to "Enable Windows Recovery Environment"

In order to be able to create "Windows PE Version of Rescue Media"

Using Acronis Media Builder

> reagentc /info
Windows RE status: Disabled

How may I enable it?

> reagentc /enable /osguid {a38a9cc2-7ebe-11e9-8dca-e483c6cff7c9}
REAGENTC.EXE: The target Windows installation was not found.

First, please let me know how did I disable it before? Since after each Windows clean setup I apply many customizations, usually through Registry or Command Prompt, so I wanna know what caused this to be disabled to revert it for my future Windows installations.

Second, please let me know how should I enable it for this Windows setup?

Cheers :)

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See webpage: Can't enable Windows Recovery Environment which may help you resolve the disabled status of your WinRE partition.

The alternative for when creating Windows PE rescue media is to install the Windows 10 ADK and PE components to use instead of using WinRE files.

See forum topic: Important change for Advanced Acronis Media Builder starting with Windows 10 1809

Hello dear Steve,

Happy to see you again, you were of help indeed :)

I recall immediately after a new clean Windows 10 setup, when still nothing is installed, just installing TrueImage can make that Win-PE Based Media!

The just new installed Windows didn't have ANY thing installed so those ADK & PE add-ons were also absent.

But True Image made Win-PE Based Media!

While now, on my Windows it cannot be made, so it means I removed or disabled something, and that cannot be ADK & PE since from the beginning those were never present.

1. How did I disable it on my Windows that cannot create anymore?

2. It has come to my attention that, am I right that Win-PE is something different as Windows RE? These 2 got differences? Confused :(

Thanks :)

The just new installed Windows didn't have ANY thing installed so those ADK & PE add-ons were also absent.

But True Image made Win-PE Based Media!

The ATI Rescue Media Builder will use the Windows Recovery Environment files to create WinPE media by default, provided that WinRE is working and enabled.

Your initial post for this topic shows that WinRE is not available / is disabled, so the media builder cannot use it to create WinPE media.

> reagentc /info
Windows RE status: Disabled

I cannot tell you why your Windows Recovery Environment is disabled, but the webpage I posted a link to above may be able to help you to repair it, otherwise you will need to consider installing the Windows 10 ADK & PE components.

See KB 60091: Acronis True Image 2018: how Simple bootable media creation mode works for more information on how the Rescue Media builder decides on what type of media it can create.