1. Open Settings

2. Click on Storage

3. Click on Advanced storage settings under the “Storage management” section

4. Click on Disks & volumes

5. Select the Windows 11 volume and click the Properties option

6. Click the Change size button.(Quick note: If the drive has some available unallocated space, you don’t have to shrink the Windows 11 installation, and you can skip to step 9)

7. Confirm the “Max” value in the New (MB) setting to indicate the total size of the partition (C:) where Windows 11 is installed, but leave at least 1024MB (1GB) to create a new Recovery Partition. For example, if the maximum size of the partition that can be used is 307082, then subtract 1024, and use that as the new number (306058).

8. Click the OK button

9. Open Start

10. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and choose the Run as administrator option

11. Type the following command to launch DiskPart and press Enter: diskpart

12. Type the following command to recreate the missing Recovery Partition and press Enter: create partition primary

13. Type the following command to format the partition and press Enter: format fs=ntfs quick

14. Type the following command to register the new partition as the Recovery Partition in the system and press Enter: set id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac override

15. Type the following command to lock and prevent users from modifying this partition and press Enter: gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001

16. Type the following command to close the DiskPart tool and press Enter: exit

17. Type the following command to enable WinRE and press Enter: reagentc /enable

( Quick note: This action will also copy the “Winre.wim” from the “Recovery” folder to the “Recovery Partition”)

18. Type the following command to confirm the Windows Recovery Environment is working correctly, and press Enter: reagentc /info

After you complete the steps, the missing Recovery Partition will be created next to the Windows 11 setup.