
In the next command you have to change YourNewResetPartitionLetter to your recovery partition letter. Right-click the downloaded iso file, click open with, file explorer (or windows explorer): it will be mounted and you should see a new (virtual) drive letter in This pc.ĭouble-click it, double-click the sources folder, copy install.esd and paste it in your ResetW8.1 folder. Download Windows 8.1 Disc Image (ISO File) (W8.1 media creation tool). In your new partition/volume, create a destination folder for the recovery image.įor example, create a folder named ResetW8.1. Format and assign a letter to the new space.Īlways in disk management, right-click the new unallocated (non-allocated) space, click New simple volume.Ĭlick next, click next, read the letter that will be assigned to your new volume, click next, click next, click Finish. Put 16384 (16GB) in the editbox Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB. Right-click your most right-hand side partition, click Shrink volume.
You can do it in (windows) disk management.
Shrink your last partition in your system HDD/SDD (Mine was 16GB in size). If you still want to (try to) create a PBR partition and image, follow these steps: only system partitions).Īs an example, macrium reflect free: Using Macrium Free to Backup or Image your drives.
You should use a third-party tool to create system images (full, i.e. Unfortunately, it was unreliable (like windows backups and system restore). The Push-button reset (PBR), windows 8/8.1 feature, has been deprecated in windows 10.