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===System Partition Designation=== | ===System Partition Designation=== | ||
When looking at all the Disks and Partitions / Volumes in Disk Management, the "System" (as in System Partition) is not a value that can be assigned, unlike "Active" (as in Active Partition) which can be set. The System Partition Designation is actually determined, rather than set. IE, if a computer is booted up from Disk X, with an MBR on Disk X, with BCD Information on Disk X that indicates the Windows OS is on Disk Y, then Disk X will be have the System Partition Designation assigned to it. | When looking at all the Disks and Partitions / Volumes in Disk Management, the "System" (as in System Partition) is not a value that can be assigned, unlike "Active" (as in Active Partition) which can be set. The System Partition Designation is actually determined, rather than set. IE, if a computer is booted up from Disk X, with an MBR on Disk X, with BCD Information on Disk X that indicates the Windows OS is on Disk Y, then Disk X will be have the System Partition Designation assigned to it. | ||
==== UEFI Boot Partition and WinRE ==== | |||
Creating a UEFI Boot Partition with WinRE is fairly simple. The below applies to a UEFI Computer and a GPT Disk / SSD; | |||
* Create a Partition (usually at the beginning of a Disk / SSD, and can be made 1 GB in size (easy to spot that way)) | |||
* Install the Boot Files: BCDBOOT C:\Windows /l en-us /s WhatEverDriveLetter: /f ALL /v (see example and explanation in above Top Tips Section) | |||
* Install WinRE | |||
** Find the WinRE.wim File on the installation media, in WhatEverDriveLetter:\sources\install.esd | |||
** Extract the WinRE.wim file: 7-Zip is the easiest method, Right Click on the install.esd file, Click Open Archive, examine the XML "Manifest File" for the version of Windows that matches yours, go to WhatEverNumber\Windows\System32\Recovery and the Winre.wim file should be there. Copy it to a convenient location (need to find it later) ( [https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/extract-files-windows-10-iso-dvd-install-wim/ Here's a website with a detailed explanation] ). | |||
The WinRE\ | |||
===Links for more Detailed Information=== | ===Links for more Detailed Information=== | ||