Could not find the Recovery Environment | Factory Reset Not Working Windows 10, 8, & 7

On this video, I will show you how to fix factory reset problem in windows 10, windows 8 and windows 7 with the following error message:
"Could not find the Recovery Environment.
Insert your windows installation or recovery media, and restart your PC with the media."

Method number 1:
1.a. Type CMD into Search box
1.b. Right-click on Command prompt and select, Run as administrator.
1.c. Type the following command to see if the windows recovery environment enabled or not:
Reagentc /info
As you can see, windows R E status is disabled on my PC.
1.d. To enable it, type the following command and hit Enter:
Reagentc /enable
1.e. If reagentc /enable not working with the following error message:
REAGENTC.EXE: Unable to update Boot Configuration Data.

Execute the following command to fix that:

Now, enable windows recovery environment using the following command:
REAGENTC /ENABLE

Method number 2:
2.b. Type the following command without hitting Enter:
Reagentc /setreimage /path

C:\Windows\System32\Recovery
C:\Recovery\WindowsRE
2.d. Now, enable windows recovery environment using the following command:
REAGENTC /ENABLE
2.e. Execute Reagentc /info command again to make sure the windows recovery environment enabled.

Method number 3:

If you do not have a DVD of windows installation, download a Windows ISO file that is similar or newer than your windows version and build number.

See the following video to learn how to download windows 10 from the official Microsoft website:

Watch this video to see how to flash windows 10 into a USB drive using android mobile:

For more info, read the following topic:

3.c. You can know the version and build number of your windows by hitting windows + R keys from keyboard then type Winver and hit Enter.
3.d. Double click the ISO file of windows to open it.
3.e. To know the version and build number of windows in DVD, USB or ISO file, execute the following command:

Replace X with the letter of DVD or mounted ISO file.
3.f. Download and install the 7z app from the following link:

3.g. Open 7-Zip File Manager app.
3.h. Open windows installation media from inside the 7ZIP app.
3.i. Open Sources folder
3.k. Open folder number 1 and go to the following directory:
3.l. Locate recovery folder and select it.
3.m. Click on copy option.
3.n. Change the path to documents folder.
3.o. Open Documents folder
3.p. Copy the Recovery folder to the following path:
C:\Windows\System32\
3.q. Now, back to command prompt and execute the following command:
3.r. Execute the following command to enable Windows recovery Environment:
REAGENTC /ENABLE

LET’S SEE IF THE FACTORY RESET WILL WORK OR NOT.
A. Close command prompt and try again to reset your system.
B. Choose the first option if you need to do a system reset without losing your files.

C. If there is no important files in your computer, choose the second option to remove everything on the C partition.
D. If you still unable to proceed with windows factory reset, try to disable WinRE then enable it again by executing the following commands:
reagentc /disable
reagentc /enable
E. After that restart the windows and try again to reset your computer.

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