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That is very interesting. I just updated another Win 11 system, and Windows Update updated the recovery environment to servicepack build...

22621.3527 was the latest before yesterday. Now, 22621.3593 is the latest (but it soon won't be...).

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/add-update-to-winre?view=windows-11 UBR stands for Update Build...

I have not found any official MS source for what is the latest winre.wim version. I guess someone on Microsoft's own forums might be...

Odd stance to take, given the whole CVE-2024-20666 kerfuffle.

You could have just grabbed the portable instead. It's only a 3 MB download, and it does not add nor make any modifications to files...

I'm not sure I remember all the steps correctly since I didn't write it all down but I will try. I just downloaded the Media Creation...

Oops, had a bit of a brainfart there, didn't I. :D

1000+ gigs? That would be pretty cool. And TUF! lmao

Aaand success :) Win RE is now enabled again. What I had to do was download the windows media creation tool, make an iso with that...

If the recovery image is placed on the C drive and the C drive is encrypted with BitLocker, surely that can't work correctly? In any...

Netherglish FTW.

Oh nice, a 26 gig partition for this stuff? :D Yeah, I guess I got lucky my older laptop model doesn't have that, on a 500 gig SSD 26...

I use the Recover (Recover, not Recovery...) partition as a cop-out if support staff tries to suggests to use it, as then I can simply...

The only time I would keep an OEM/Proprietary recovery or factory reset partition would be through the warranty period. After that time...