I am also trying to have my own recovery partion. Howver, I would like to use the DELL provided one. I just got a new DELL and the first thing I want to do is create a new WIM with all the applications installed and replace the original WIM on the recovery partition. I found the Factory.wim file on the recovery partition and want to upgrade/replace the WIM file with a new (32 bit OS /w applications) image. I have extracted the image ("imageX.exe /extract d:dell\image\Factory.wim 1 e:\Factory.wim") and I am currently trying to mount the image using "imageX.exe /mount e:\Factory.wim 1 e:\image" but to no avail. All I get is: ---------------- ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-2005. All rights reserved. Mounting: [E:\image\newfile.wim, 1] -> [E:\tmp] Error mounting image: The system cannot find the file specified. ---------------- I am running the cmd as Administrator. SOLVED mounting problem.: I forgot to install the "wimfltr.inf" found in the same folder as the imageX.exe file. Now I can see the image.