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Is possible to boot windows without the Recovery partition?

Hajime U 20 Reputation points
2023-11-29T13:56:41.6366667+00:00

Hello, I might have a problem here. Today I just converted my Windows 10 partition from MBR to GPT using Windows built in tools "MBR2GPT" after converting it to GPT, it appears there's a line says "Call WinReReapir to repair WinRE" after that "MBR2GPT: Failed to update Reagent.xml, please try manually disable and enable WinRE" so I went to type "reagentc /disable" then "reagentc /enable" when i enable reagentc it appears with "REAGENTC.EXE: Unable to update Boot Configuration Data" aside from that, this laptop does Not have Recovery partition because originally it's a Windows 7 then upgraded to 10, which would be make sense this problem would occur in first place. Will the laptop still boot normally without the Recovery partition? Also before I convert MBR to GPT I make sure to use the command "SFC /scannow" and "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth"

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  1. Ian Xue 36,336 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-11-30T07:13:01.7166667+00:00

    Hi,

    The recovery partition is for the Windows recovery environment. Windows can still boot without that because the bootloader is stored on the EFI system partition.

    Best Regards,

    Ian Xue

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