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

SIW2 · Mar 16, 2024

Ok so minitool has changed to using ms naming. That is why they are different.

ThrashZone · Mar 16, 2024

SIW2 said:
Ok so minitool has changed to using ms naming. That is why they are different.

Maybe so ?
I like the old hehe

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

FreeBooter said:
Try following command.

Code:

rstrui.exe /offline:C:\Windows

When i boot at WinPE or WinRE via USB or F11 or shift+restart i havent C:
When i run rstrui.exe /offline:X:\Windows i take an error ".....incorrect parameter error 0x80070057".

FreeBooter · Mar 17, 2024

Don't use X: letter use C: drive letter.

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

FreeBooter said:
Don't use X: letter use C: drive letter.

There is no C: drive. I take error.
See my previous post :
"When i boot at WinPE or WinRE via USB or F11 or shift+restart i havent C:
When i run rstrui.exe /offline:X:\Windows i take an error ".....incorrect parameter error 0x80070057"."

Try3 · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker said:
Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\TrustedInstaller key and tell me the data of Start value. Mine is 3.

Mine is also 3.

Denis

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

FreeBooter said:
Don't use X: letter use C: drive letter.

Update :
1) I have C: when i boot from EaseUS or AOMEI media
2) I dont have C: when i boot at WinRE via F11 or Shift+Restart or Windows USB installation media.
It looks like all WinREs are problematic.

Try3 · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker said:
Do you mean i must change something ?

No.
SIW2 was offering to review your bcd enum output if you post them as a text file.
Take up that offer. SIW2 is highly competent.

Denis

Try3 · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker said:
Whats SIW2 ?

SIW2 is the member to whom you replied

Bug locker said:
Do you mean i must change something ?

I still think you should make a new system image of the disk with your OS on it then clean install then restore your image's C:\ drive to the C:\ partition of the new installation.
I know you said you did not want to do that several days ago & tens of posts ago.
I think you are otherwise going to go round in circles unless any existing posts take you straight to a solution [you've all been so busy overnight, in my time, that I'm still reading through all the new posts].

All the best,
Denis

Try3 · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker said:
I dont have C: when i boot at WinRE via F11 or Shift+Restart or Windows USB installation media

In those environments, go to the Command prompt and run the command Notepad, then
File,
Open...,
ThisPC
and you'll see all your drives listed with the drive letters that the environment is using for them.
Every environment makes its own decisions about what drive letters to use; nothing you see affects what your installed Windows will call them after you reboot.

Denis

FreeBooter · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker said:
Update :
1) I have C: when i boot from EaseUS or AOMEI media
2) I dont have C: when i boot at WinRE via F11 or Shift+Restart or Windows USB installation media.
It looks like all WinREs are problematic.

Please replace partition letter X: with Windows installed partition letter. When the computer boots into Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) environment, the drive letter assign to Windows partition may not be C: drive letter because Windows 7, 8 , 8.1, 10 and Windows11 creates a separate system partition when it's installed from scratch. The system partition contains boot files WinRE assigns the system partition the C: drive letter and the Windows installed partition will be assigned any other drive letter, usually D: drive letter is assigned to Windows installed partition. The Bcdedit | find "osdevice" command can be used to find out the drive letter of the Windows installed partition, the output of the Bcdedit command is similar to this osdevice partition=D:. The drive letter after partition= is the drive letter of the Windows partition.

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

FreeBooter said:
Please replace partition letter X: with Windows installed partition letter. When the computer boots into Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) environment, the drive letter assign to Windows partition may not be C: drive letter because Windows 7, 8 , 8.1, 10 and Windows11 creates a separate system partition when it's installed from scratch. The system partition contains boot files WinRE assigns the system partition the C: drive letter and the Windows installed partition will be assigned any other drive letter, usually D: drive letter is assigned to Windows installed partition. The Bcdedit | find "osdevice" command can be used to find out the drive letter of the Windows installed partition, the output of the Bcdedit command is similar to this osdevice partition=D:. The drive letter after partition= is the drive letter of the Windows partition.

I tried all letters. There is no the disk with OS (C: at Windows).
Thx.

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker said:
When i boot at WinPE or WinRE via USB or F11 or shift+restart i havent C:
When i run rstrui.exe /offline:X:\Windows i take an error ".....incorrect parameter error 0x80070057".

Take a look with cmd prompt

diskpart
lis vol

or at cmd prompt type
notepad
when notepad pops click file>save
you can use the save dialog to browse and see what is going on

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker said:
I tried all letters. There is no the disk with OS (C: at Windows).
Thx.

Update : now also the image restore not works. It gives errors :
1) "Image restore failed. Windows did not detect a disk that can be used to recreate volumes that are in the backup. Offline disks are cluster shared disks or disks that are explicitly excluded from the...........".
2) 0x80070057 or 0x80070002 (not sure cause .......... i got many now.)

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

Which aomei boot media have you got?

If you downloaded the winpe creating files from aomei it has explorer and disk management, etc. Cant remember if if it has something to take screenshots.

You can borrow my boot media

23v7.iso

the above .iso is best extracted to usb stick.

Try3 · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
Cant remember if if it has something to take screenshots.

Alternatively, as a great man once said,

SIW2 said:
you could add imagine for screenshots https://www.nyam.pe.kr/dev/imagine/download.php?arch=x64&unicode=1&setup=0&version=1.3.6

tools>capture

then click start and when ready to take the screenie, press ctrl+F11

What was the last build that has snippingtool.exe - Windows 10 Help Forums

What was the last build that has snippingtool.exe? I think it might have been 17704 but I could be wrong.

www.tenforums.com

All the best,
Denis

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
Take a look with cmd prompt

diskpart
lis vol

or at cmd prompt type
notepad
when notepad pops click file>save
you can use the save dialog to browse and see what is going on

Please trust me friend. I told ya , there is no OS disk when i use WinRE.
And i think thats the cause of all problems. How the system could perforrestore points or image backups when the OS disk doesnt exist ?

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

Bug locker said:
Please trust me friend. I told ya , there is no OS disk when i use WinRE.
And i think thats the cause of all problems. How the system could perforrestore points or image backups when the OS disk doesnt exist ?

View attachment 90548

Only with EaseUS and AOMEI appears.

SIW2 · Mar 17, 2024

Manufacturer/ModelHP Pavilion 17 cd2205nw
CPUIntel 113700H

your winre.wim might be missing the rst drivers so it cant see the disk.
RST 18.36.2.1023
RSTVMD 19.5.0.1037

aomei and easeus boot media must have them included.

my boot media has slightly newer versions of both drivers, so i expect it will work. Pretty sure i included them, will check

yes it has these

Bug locker · Mar 17, 2024

SIW2 said:
Manufacturer/ModelHP Pavilion 17 cd2205nw
CPUIntel 113700H

your winre might be missing the irst drivers so it cant see the disk.

aomei and easeus boot media must have them included.

1) And how i can work OK with windows ?
2) Why EaseUS see OS disk ?
3) Any suggestions ?

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