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When I tried to install the windows update "2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441)" I received the error code (0x80070643).
I have already tried, restarting my computer, waiting a bit before retrying, running a memory diagnostic check, checking all my drivers for updates, installing optional updates, and running a malware scan.
When I tried to run the windows update troubleshooter it said "diagnosing problems" but never fixed them and I was still unable to install the update after running the trouble shooter.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Glad it works for you. Didn't work for me. It went through installing the OS files, got an error and then it rolled back to my old operating system with the same update error.
Only thing that worked for me was disabling my video drivers in device manager, rebooting and trying the update again. It worked on 2 of my 32-bit windows 10 machines.
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Mine shows using 2% which appears to be System volume information. I don't know what it's supposed to do but the RE works as expected.
The strange thing is: Once you complete all the steps, and once you have the new recovery partition, if you check the size in Disk Management, it is EMPTY, nothing stored there. Long story short, you need to have a good backup of some kind outside your Windows OS drive using some other recovery method.
You will need to read through the 35 pages of this post. It will give you all the details you need to get this issue resolved. If you are not comfortable doing the steps it takes, I would recommend you don't attempt to take the actions. The completion of this update really makes no difference in the operation of your PC. Good luck, no worries. Likely Microsoft will not come out with some fix. You can do a complete Windows reinstall if you really feel it is that important.
I have no idea. And neither will anyone else responding to this thread.
They issued the workaround resizing the partitions (which worked for me) and not seen anything since.
