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So this happened today ... I wasn't able to create a recovery disk of my PC (virtual machine in this case) that was running Windows 11. This may also be needed when you're trying to reset your PC and Windows is complaining that it's missing files.
cd c:\Windows
reagentc /disable
mkdir c:\Windows\System32\Recovery
reagentc /enable
You only need to create the directory if it is missing of course. The content should look something like this:
C:\Windows>dir c:\Windows\System32\Recovery
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 28BF-AD86
Directory of c:\Windows\System32\Recovery
02/10/2022 01:19 PM <DIR> .
02/12/2022 01:26 PM <DIR> ..
02/13/2022 12:09 PM 1,106 ReAgent.xml
1 File(s) 1,106 bytes
2 Dir(s) 36,786,868,224 bytes free
After doing this, I was able to create a recovery disk (you'll need an 8Gb or bigger USB stick). Make sure to keep "Back up system files to the recovery drive" if you'd like to have the means available to fix system files and/or reset a PC to factory settings.
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AlternativeTo Great resource when you're looking for alternatives for an application that you'd like to use, but might not be available on your platform or the application you have is just not doing it right.
NAPS2 - Not Another PDF Scanner 2 Wonderful simple and reliable scanner application for Windows users. This still depends on your Windows having the proper scanner drivers installed, but it makes scanning to images or PDFs a lot easier.
Security Awareness Tip of the Day Great resource to make you online-life more secure - definitely some great tips here and a recommended read.
Frizting Free tool to design schematics and PCB's - they even offer a very affordable PCB production service.
Down For Every One or Just Me? Checks if a website (URL) is up or down, for every one or just you ... Awesome to test when a link is not working.
Photopea A free alternative to Photoshop (pretty close anyway), and runs in your browser - this works surprisingly good!
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