Create Windows Recovery Environment for Windows 8

1. Create Recovery partition
   create partition primary size=300
   format quick fs=ntfs label=”Windows RE tools”
   assign letter=”R”
   set id=”de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac”
   gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
2. Copy winpe.wim R:\Recovery\WindowsRE\winre.wim
   Customize winre.wim if want more options.
3. Copy ReAgent.xml C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml
   This step can be omitted if ReAgentc function work fine, else copy the blank ReAgent.xml.
4. Copy captured system image to D:\Recovery\WindowsIamge\install.wim
   It has to be install.wim. It can be in any location, which will be linked by ReAgentc.
5. Sets the location of the custom Windows RE image.
   REAGENTC.EXE /setreimage /path r:\Recovery\WindowsRE
   REAGENTC.EXE /setreimage /path r:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\Windows
6. Sets the location of the recovery image used by system reset.
   REAGENTC.EXE /setosimage /path d:\Recovery\WindowsIamge /index 1
7. Enables Windows RE.
   REAGENTC.EXE /enable
8. Displays Windows RE and system reset configuration infomration.
   REAGENTC.EXE /info
9. Create a push-button reset configuration file (Optional)
   Save it to the same location of install.wim
   This is the full sample of ResetConfig.xml
   <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
   <!– ResetConfig.xml –>
   <Reset>
   <Run Phase=”BasicReset_BeforeImageApply”>
   <Path>SaveLogFiles.cmd</Path>
   <Duration>4</Duration>
   </Run>
   <Run Phase=”BasicReset_AfterImageApply”>
   <Path>RetrieveLogFiles.cmd</Path>
   <Param>/allApps</Param>
   <Duration>2</Duration>
   </Run>
   <Run Phase=”FactoryReset_AfterDiskFormat”>
   <Path>CheckPartitions.exe</Path>
   <Duration>2</Duration>
   </Run>
   <Run Phase=”FactoryReset_AfterImageApply”>
   <Path>InstallApps.cmd</Path>
   <Param>/allApps</Param>
   <Duration>2</Duration>
   </Run>
   <SystemDisk>
   <DiskpartScriptPath>ResetPartitions-UEFI.txt</DiskpartScriptPath>
   <MinSize>75000</MinSize>
   <WindowsREPartition>1</WindowsREPartition>
   <WindowsREPath>Recovery\WindowsRE</WindowsREPath>
   <OSPartition>4</OSPartition>
   <RecoveryImagePartition>5</RecoveryImagePartition>
   <RecoveryImagePath>RecoveryImage</RecoveryImagePath>
   <RestoreFromIndex>1</RestoreFromIndex>
   <RecoveryImageIndex>1</RecoveryImageIndex>
   </SystemDisk>
   </Reset>
10. Add custom tools to WinRE.wim (Optional)
    Mount WinRE.wim and copy WinREConfig.xml to mountdir\sources\recovery\tools\WinREConfig.xml
    Unmount with /commit to save WinRE.wim.
    Sample of WinREConfig.xml
    <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
    <!– \sources\recovery\tools\WinREConfig.xml –>
    <Recovery>
    <RecoveryTools>
    <RelativeFilePath>OEMDiagnostics.exe</RelativeFilePath>
    <CommandLineParam>/param1 /param2</CommandLineParam>
    </RecoveryTools>
    </Recovery>
11. In Windows, open the Settings charm > More PC settings > General. In Advanced startup, click Restart now.  Or
    In Windows, open the Settings charm, and then hold the Shift key while clicking Restart.  Or
    From a command prompt, run the Shutdown /r /o command.  Or
    Boot the computer by using recovery media
12. MS reference document: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825051.aspx

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