Solved Error: "To use System Restore, you must specify which Windows installation to restore...."

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

Try3 said:
No.
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Denis

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

Why EaseUS see OS disk ?

I think it must have the rst drivers ( not the same as nvme drivers )

If your easeus boot media was made using your winre.wim, you could try running system restore from the easeus boot media.

at cmd prompt type:
x:\recovery\recenv.exe

To create their boot media:
Most of those kind of imaging/partitioning programs will grab winre.wim, add critical drivers scrounged from the current installation and add their own program files and a winpeshl.ini to launch their shel.

hp-rst-winpe10-11.zip

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

Shouldnt be hard to integrate the drivers yourself.

While it is possible to copy winre using the recovery sequence, a simpler way is:

reagentc /disable ( that should move winre.wim to %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim )

remove the attributes,

attrib -S -H -R %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim

create an empty folder with a sensible name,

md %systemdrive%\mount

then use dism to mount winre.wim,

dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"%windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"%systemdrive%\mount"

integrate the drivers, ( assuming your drivers are in a folder c:\winpe-drivers )

dism /IMAGE:"%systemdrive%\mount" /ADD-DRIVER /DRIVER:"c:\winpe-drivers" /RECURSE /ForceUnsigned

unmount commit,

dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:"%systemdrive%\mount" /commit

and finally

attrib +S +H +R %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim

reagentc /enable

if you want to be fancy you could clean up the image a bit before commit and optimize after saving, but it not essentail

5 minute job at most

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
I think it must have the rst drivers ( not the same as nvme drivers )

If your easeus boot media was made using your winre.wim, you could try running system restore from the easeus boot media.

at cmd prompt type:
x:\recovery\recenv.exe

To create their boot media:
Most of those kind of imaging/partitioning programs will grab winre.wim, add critical drivers scrounged from the current installation and add their own program files and a winpeshl.ini to launch their shel.

hp-rst-winpe10-11.zip

1) Media rescue of EaseUA created from inside EaseUS.
2) Which of 2 directories of the drivers is the right ?
3) Why i have installed all RST drivers from the product site and it still shows Microsoft's 2006 driver disk at device manager ?
4) I tried to fix MBR with Macrium Reflect and it says it did. But after i take an error at winRE about damaged BCD.
5) Then i rebuilded BCD.
6) Do you mean i can restore from a Restore point via EaseUS rescue USB with x:\recovery\recenv.exe ?

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
I think it must have the rst drivers ( not the same as nvme drivers )

If your easeus boot media was made using your winre.wim, you could try running system restore from the easeus boot media.

at cmd prompt type:
x:\recovery\recenv.exe

To create their boot media:
Most of those kind of imaging/partitioning programs will grab winre.wim, add critical drivers scrounged from the current installation and add their own program files and a winpeshl.ini to launch their shel.

hp-rst-winpe10-11.zip

Update: EaseUS USB doesnt have recovery folder.

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
Shouldnt be hard to integrate the drivers yourself.

While it is possible to copy winre using the recovery sequence, a simpler way is:

reagentc /disable ( that should move winre.wim to %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim )

remove the attributes,

attrib -S -H -R %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim

create an empty folder with a sensible name,

md %systemdrive%\mount

then use dism to mount winre.wim,

dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"%windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"%systemdrive%\mount"

integrate the drivers, ( assuming your drivers are in a folder c:\winpe-drivers )

dism /IMAGE:"%systemdrive%\mount" /ADD-DRIVER /DRIVER:"c:\winpe-drivers" /RECURSE /ForceUnsigned

unmount commit,

dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:"%systemdrive%\mount" /commit

and finally

attrib +S +H +R %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim

reagentc /enable

if you want to be fancy you could clean up the image a bit before commit and optimize after saving, but it not essentail

5 minute job at most

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

A summary until now :
1) Restore points from WinRE dont work , only from Windows.
2) Image backups with the windows program , can create but cant restore (see previous posts for details).
3) WinRE dont see the OS disk.
4) EaseUS can create and restore images. Also it sees the OS disk.
5) AOMEI and Macrium can create image and see the OS disk. I didnt test the image restore.

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

please read the posts

integrate the drivers, ( assuming your drivers are in a folder c:\winpe-drivers )

dism /IMAGE:"%systemdrive%\mount" /ADD-DRIVER /DRIVER:"c:\winpe-drivers" /RECURSE /ForceUnsigned

you need to give it the path to your driver folder

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

they are here

winpe-drivers.zip

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
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winpe-drivers.zip

I did that at desktop.

SIW2 said:
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they are here winpe-drivers.zip

I m here. Whats next ?

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

I m here. Whats next ?

dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:"%systemdrive%\mount" /commit

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:"%systemdrive%\mount" /commit

TATAATTAT !!!!!!!!!

And know if i boot at WinRE it will see the OS disk ?

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

And know if i boot at WinRE it will see the OS disk ?

Try it
those are the drivers supplied by hp so it should work.

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
Try it
those are the drivers supplied by hp so it should work.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Bro !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You save my as* ! You save 9 months of work at this installation !

Now work all : restore points , image backups of Windows , the OS disk is accesible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The f* stupids of M* coudnt put a driver , while EaseUS , AOMEI , Macrium , and all the others (?) could.
(If you ever go to Greece and you need something tell me thachaldouATgmail.com.).

Symptosis : i have 11 generation Intel CPU ! (thats for the other .............. victims).

Thank you very , very , very much !!!!!!!!!!!!

:party:

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
Shouldnt be hard to integrate the drivers yourself.

While it is possible to copy winre using the recovery sequence, a simpler way is:

reagentc /disable ( that should move winre.wim to %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim )

remove the attributes,

attrib -S -H -R %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim

create an empty folder with a sensible name,

md %systemdrive%\mount

then use dism to mount winre.wim,

dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"%windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"%systemdrive%\mount"

integrate the drivers, ( assuming your drivers are in a folder c:\winpe-drivers )

dism /IMAGE:"%systemdrive%\mount" /ADD-DRIVER /DRIVER:"c:\winpe-drivers" /RECURSE /ForceUnsigned

unmount commit,

dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:"%systemdrive%\mount" /commit

and finally

attrib +S +H +R %windir%\system32\recovery\winre.wim

reagentc /enable

if you want to be fancy you could clean up the image a bit before commit and optimize after saving, but it not essentail

5 minute job at most