Windows 8 recimg createimage fails with 0x80070002, why?

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Published on 2012-11-05T10:17:47Z Indexed on 2012/11/05 11:08 UTC
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Running Win8 x64. C is an SSD with lots of free space (>200GB). I run:

recimg /createimage C:\CustomRefreshImages\Img121105

Output says:

Source OS location:  C:
Recovery image path: C:\CustomRefreshImages\Img121105\CustomRefresh.wim
Creating recovery image. Press [ESC] to cancel.
Initializing

The recovery image cannot be written.
Error Code - 0x80070002

The paths specified in the command line are created, and I'm running this in an elevated command prompt, so it's not a permissions issue.

I've googled this but could only find worthless results, including a particularly entertaining one where the "solution" included instructions for creating a screenshot (press PrtScreen). Any help would be most appreciated.

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