Help needed to use Recovery Partition .WIMs [yes, more than one!] files ....
Hi
I have a computer 1Tb HDD that was failing and managed to clone it, but the Windows partition was messed up.
I did manage to get all partitions and the Recovery Partition which contains about 13Gb of WIM and other files.
I am no expert on WIM UEFI GPT etc. as I left the HDD area years ago and now I am back with 'no knowledge' at all and I am stuck!
Summing up:
1. This is a Toshiba Laptop
2. HDD was a GPT UEFI EFI [I am guessing encrypted windows?]
3. I managed to get the Windows Licences [yes two!] and I now know it has WIN 8.1 installed - but I am not sure the Recovery is a WIN 8.1 anyway
4. I tried the usual bits trying to force Laptop do the 'intended job or recovering, but I have one of the 90% computers that never worked the normal way!
5. I decided to get Toshiba Disks and then I find that Toshiba has STPOPPED selling discs or downloading Recovery since 31 March 2017 [just out by 3 weeks!]
6. I already tried all usual avenues - i.e. BCD, MBT, etc. repairs and now I am in the situation when you have to use the WIM files and deploy windows installation into the C: windows partition and I do not know or understand enough to do it myself.
7. for some reason and I am guessing because I did not format the new HDD properly as one should do [i.e. long format], I did lose partitions and I recovered them - see attached image
So, now I am stuck.
I have the Recovery Partition with a number of WIM files - I have not got it here at present, but they are about 36 files [if I remember well] and it seems the WIM file is split in smaller files. I did not get any 'BAD' files warning when cloning partition on a external drive.
I am not bothered about personal files - there is nothing and I can play with [new cloned] HDD.
Anyone care to explain in simple 1 to 10 points what to do?
I have read [and onlu understood 30% !] you can use a memory stick [or external HDD] set WinPe and deploy the wim file, but I have WIMs files [more than one] and I do not really understand 'practically' what to do as I never ever managed to learn about WIM UEFI EFI GPT etc. nd I need to and FAST.
Thank you very much in advance for anyone spending their personal/business time in helping.
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PS I really want to learn to manage WIM files now - I am curious and will be useful in the future as all computers are UEFI now!
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