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PorterPhoenix
Iron Contributor
Mar 28, 2025

Question about Recovery volume from system restore?

Is it normal for the recovery (WinRE) drive to be available to System Restore?

 

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  • nicks04's avatar
    nicks04
    Iron Contributor

    It is normal. I resized the recovery partition on my PC, so I see it as well.

  • Nobel_Baynes's avatar
    Nobel_Baynes
    Iron Contributor

    It shouldn't be, as you normally don't have enough space available in that partition.

  • PatrickHarris's avatar
    PatrickHarris
    Bronze Contributor

    Not normal, but doesn’t seem to be an issue. Happened on my machine also after I resized the recovery partition… seems the program I used did not set all of the WinRE properties correctly.

  • ZekeHawkhill's avatar
    ZekeHawkhill
    Iron Contributor

    If you're in a situation where your operating system fails to boot, you might use the WinRE environment to access advanced recovery options, which can include restoring from a system restore point if it's available. 

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