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This video is pretty well perfect for this task:

If you’ve already cloned the drive, but now you’ve got wasted extra space, but you can’t extend the partition because there’s a windows recovery partition in the way. The video linked walks you through it perfectly.

Here’s how you fix that:

command line:

reagentc /disable

diskpart

list partition

select partition x

detail partition

delete partition override

Re-create the Recovery Partition

list partition

select partition x

set id=

gpt attributes=

list volume

select volume y

remove letter=y

exit

reagentc /enable

Note: x=disk or partition number, y=volume letter.

Updated command for Windows 10/11 as of 2/20/26 –

Run Powershell as an administrator, copy and paste the code below and hit enter.  Windows should activate using Option 1 for most Windows OS’s, but use TSForge Option if you need to license a Server install. This can also be used to push through an office install.

NOTE: Only use this at the approval of a supervisor. If we overuse this without the correct licensing as its foundation, we risk a customer being set up for issues in an audit. This command is to be used when Windows fails to activate a license that we know its supposed to activate, often after a Return to OOBE for Entra/Intune Enrollment.

Use the one below for most reliable resolution of get.activated.win in Ultrex Office –

iex (curl.exe -s –doh-url https://1.1.1.1/dns-query https://get.activated.win | Out-String)

The following are alternative options if the one above doesn’t work (use your mobile hotspot if needed) –

Option 1:

irm https://get.activated.win | iex

Option 2:

irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex

If none of the options above work, use this code in powershell administrator mode instead:

if ($ExecutionContext.SessionState.LanguageMode.value__ -ne 0) {
    $ExecutionContext.SessionState.LanguageMode
    Write-Host "Windows PowerShell is not running in Full Language Mode."
    Write-Host "Help - https://massgrave.dev/fix_powershell" -ForegroundColor White -BackgroundColor Blue
    return
}

function Check3rdAV {
    $avList = Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\SecurityCenter2 -Class AntiVirusProduct | Where-Object { $_.displayName -notlike '*windows*' } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty displayName
    if ($avList) {
        Write-Host '3rd party Antivirus might be blocking the script - ' -ForegroundColor White -BackgroundColor Blue -NoNewline
        Write-Host " $($avList -join ', ')" -ForegroundColor DarkRed -BackgroundColor White
    }
}

function CheckFile { 
    param ([string]$FilePath) 
    if (-not (Test-Path $FilePath)) { 
        Check3rdAV
        Write-Host "Failed to create MAS file in temp folder, aborting!"
        Write-Host "Help - https://massgrave.dev/troubleshoot" -ForegroundColor White -BackgroundColor Blue
        throw 
    } 
}

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
$URLs = @(
    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/37ec96504a2983a5801c43e975ab78c8f9315d2a/MAS/All-In-One-Version-KL/MAS_AIO.cmd',
    'https://dev.azure.com/massgrave/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/_apis/git/repositories/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/items?path=/MAS/All-In-One-Version-KL/MAS_AIO.cmd&versionType=Commit&version=37ec96504a2983a5801c43e975ab78c8f9315d2a',
    'https://git.activated.win/massgrave/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/raw/commit/37ec96504a2983a5801c43e975ab78c8f9315d2a/MAS/All-In-One-Version-KL/MAS_AIO.cmd'
)

foreach ($URL in $URLs | Sort-Object { Get-Random }) {
    try { $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $URL -UseBasicParsing; break } catch {}
}

if (-not $response) {
    Check3rdAV
    Write-Host "Failed to retrieve MAS from any of the available repositories, aborting!"
    Write-Host "Help - https://massgrave.dev/troubleshoot" -ForegroundColor White -BackgroundColor Blue
    return
}

# Verify script integrity
$releaseHash = '49CE81C583C69AC739890D2DFBB908BDD67B862702DAAEBCD2D38F1DDCEE863D'
$stream = New-Object IO.MemoryStream
$writer = New-Object IO.StreamWriter $stream
$writer.Write($response)
$writer.Flush()
$stream.Position = 0
$hash = [BitConverter]::ToString([Security.Cryptography.SHA256]::Create().ComputeHash($stream)) -replace '-'
if ($hash -ne $releaseHash) {
    Write-Warning "Hash ($hash) mismatch, aborting!`nReport this issue at https://massgrave.dev/troubleshoot"
    $response = $null
    return
}

# Check for AutoRun registry which may create issues with CMD
$paths = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor"
foreach ($path in $paths) { 
    if (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name "Autorun" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { 
        Write-Warning "Autorun registry found, CMD may crash! `nManually copy-paste the below command to fix...`nRemove-ItemProperty -Path '$path' -Name 'Autorun'"
    } 
}

$rand = [Guid]::NewGuid().Guid
$isAdmin = [bool]([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Groups -match 'S-1-5-32-544')
$FilePath = if ($isAdmin) { "$env:SystemRoot\Temp\MAS_$rand.cmd" } else { "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Temp\MAS_$rand.cmd" }
Set-Content -Path $FilePath -Value "@::: $rand `r`n$response"
CheckFile $FilePath

$env:ComSpec = "$env:SystemRoot\system32\cmd.exe"
Start-Process -FilePath $env:ComSpec -ArgumentList "/c """"$FilePath"" $args""" -Wait
CheckFile $FilePath

$FilePaths = @("$env:SystemRoot\Temp\MAS*.cmd", "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Temp\MAS*.cmd")
foreach ($FilePath in $FilePaths) { Get-Item $FilePath | Remove-Item }

Once powershell is successful, a command prompt window will open and give you multiple options.  Select option 1 if you only need the version of  Windows activated.  If you need to change the product type, there should be an option to do so in the same command dialogue box