#Create WinRE USB manually from windows files
This is a Gist to creating a bootable Recovery Drive - USB disk that boots right into Windows Recovery Environment.
You just have to format the USB disk in FAT32, make it active. And copy files in following hierarchy.
###WinRE Files
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boot/
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fonts/
Copy all files from
C:\Windows\Boot\Fonts
and paste it in this folder. -
resources/
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bootres.dll
Source:
C:\Windows\Boot\Resources\bootres.dll
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BCD
Source:
C:\Windows\Boot\DVD\PCAT\BCD
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boot.sdi
Source:
C:\Windows\Boot\DVD\PCAT\boot.sdi
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efi/
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boot/
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bootx64.efi
Source:
C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\bootmgfw.efi
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microsoft/
- boot/
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fonts/
Copy all files from
C:\Windows\Boot\Fonts
and paste it in this folder. -
resources/
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bootres.dll
Source:
C:\Windows\Boot\Resources\bootres.dll
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BCD
Source:
C:\Windows\Boot\DVD\EFI\BCD
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- boot/
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sources/
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boot.wim
Find winre.wim in
C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\
ORC:\Windows\System32\Recovery\
and paste it as boot.wim.
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bootmgr
Source:
C:\Windows\Boot\PCAT\bootmgr
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bootmgr.efi
Source:
C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\bootmgr.efi