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thebadger2024
Aug 19, 2025Copper Contributor
Windows 11 Initiated a Restore after WinPE / dism partition capture
I recently needed to create backups of a Windows 11 machine. I created a WinPE USB as per Microsoft instructions and booted the laptop into using WinPE (I had already turned off BitLocker on the lapt...
OakleyCruz
Jan 22, 2026Iron Contributor
This is normal behavior for the Windows 11 Startup Recovery environment. When prompted, simply select "Exit and continue to Windows" to proceed to the system normally.