Windows 8.1 missing WinRE.wim in WinPE











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I'm trying to pull a Windows 8.1 .wim file down to a laptop (the same laptop that was the source of the .wim), and am following these directions from MS. Everything works until "W:WindowsSystem32Recoverywinre.wim T:RecoveryWindowsREwinre.wim" (W: is what will be called C:, when I get into Windows).



As far as I can tell, there is no winre.wim in W:windowssystem32recovery. I ran used dir to search the W: drive, but there is no winre.wim. Where is it?



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    I'm trying to pull a Windows 8.1 .wim file down to a laptop (the same laptop that was the source of the .wim), and am following these directions from MS. Everything works until "W:WindowsSystem32Recoverywinre.wim T:RecoveryWindowsREwinre.wim" (W: is what will be called C:, when I get into Windows).



    As far as I can tell, there is no winre.wim in W:windowssystem32recovery. I ran used dir to search the W: drive, but there is no winre.wim. Where is it?



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      I'm trying to pull a Windows 8.1 .wim file down to a laptop (the same laptop that was the source of the .wim), and am following these directions from MS. Everything works until "W:WindowsSystem32Recoverywinre.wim T:RecoveryWindowsREwinre.wim" (W: is what will be called C:, when I get into Windows).



      As far as I can tell, there is no winre.wim in W:windowssystem32recovery. I ran used dir to search the W: drive, but there is no winre.wim. Where is it?



      Thanks.










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      I'm trying to pull a Windows 8.1 .wim file down to a laptop (the same laptop that was the source of the .wim), and am following these directions from MS. Everything works until "W:WindowsSystem32Recoverywinre.wim T:RecoveryWindowsREwinre.wim" (W: is what will be called C:, when I get into Windows).



      As far as I can tell, there is no winre.wim in W:windowssystem32recovery. I ran used dir to search the W: drive, but there is no winre.wim. Where is it?



      Thanks.







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          The winre.wim is a file within the install.wim image, which should be mounted first. The mounting is carried out in Step 5:




          dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:




          In your case, as you have a W drive and prefer to mount the install.wim image to that location, you should have done something like:




          dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:W:




          PS: The answer assumes a standard install.wim that is equivalent to the one found on the standard installation medium. If your "Windows 8.1 .wim" is customized or created by non-standard means, then it might be really missing the winre.wim file. In that case, you can download the disk image from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO






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            The winre.wim is a file within the install.wim image, which should be mounted first. The mounting is carried out in Step 5:




            dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:




            In your case, as you have a W drive and prefer to mount the install.wim image to that location, you should have done something like:




            dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:W:




            PS: The answer assumes a standard install.wim that is equivalent to the one found on the standard installation medium. If your "Windows 8.1 .wim" is customized or created by non-standard means, then it might be really missing the winre.wim file. In that case, you can download the disk image from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO






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              The winre.wim is a file within the install.wim image, which should be mounted first. The mounting is carried out in Step 5:




              dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:




              In your case, as you have a W drive and prefer to mount the install.wim image to that location, you should have done something like:




              dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:W:




              PS: The answer assumes a standard install.wim that is equivalent to the one found on the standard installation medium. If your "Windows 8.1 .wim" is customized or created by non-standard means, then it might be really missing the winre.wim file. In that case, you can download the disk image from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO






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                The winre.wim is a file within the install.wim image, which should be mounted first. The mounting is carried out in Step 5:




                dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:




                In your case, as you have a W drive and prefer to mount the install.wim image to that location, you should have done something like:




                dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:W:




                PS: The answer assumes a standard install.wim that is equivalent to the one found on the standard installation medium. If your "Windows 8.1 .wim" is customized or created by non-standard means, then it might be really missing the winre.wim file. In that case, you can download the disk image from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO






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                The winre.wim is a file within the install.wim image, which should be mounted first. The mounting is carried out in Step 5:




                dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:




                In your case, as you have a W drive and prefer to mount the install.wim image to that location, you should have done something like:




                dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:W:




                PS: The answer assumes a standard install.wim that is equivalent to the one found on the standard installation medium. If your "Windows 8.1 .wim" is customized or created by non-standard means, then it might be really missing the winre.wim file. In that case, you can download the disk image from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO







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