KB5034441 update problem, error (0x80070643).

Even following the MS instructions and resizing the WinRE to 2GB, I could never get this update to work, until I discovered a problem with the Microsoft instructions. This applies if your disk is MBR. It may apply to GPT too, but I do not know.

I created the new recovery partition per the instructions "create partition primary id=27".

Command "List Part" displays the recovery partition created successfully.
Notice how just after creating the partition, "list part" displays the partition type as "recovery",

Then I formatted the partition as instructed, "format quick fs=ntfs label=”Windows RE tools”.

However, the act of formatting the partition changed the partition type from recovery to primary.

Notice now that after the format command, "list part" displays the partition type as "primary".

It is necessary to do another not-mentioned command to reset the partition type back to recovery "set id=27".

Now, "list part" displays the partition type as "recovery", as it should.

After that, the update finally worked. Below is the command sequence that demonstrates this:

DISKPART> delete partition override
DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> create partition primary id=27
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> list vol
  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     R                       CD-ROM          0 B  No Media
  Volume 1         System Rese  NTFS   Partition    549 MB  Healthy    System
  Volume 2     C   DRIVE_C      NTFS   Partition     87 GB  Healthy    Boot
* Volume 4                      RAW    Partition   2002 MB  Healthy    Hidden

DISKPART> list part
  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            549 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    Primary             87 GB   550 MB
* Partition 3    Recovery          2002 MB    88 GB

DISKPART> format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows RE tools"
  100 percent completed
DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.

DISKPART> list part
  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            549 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    Primary             87 GB   550 MB
* Partition 3    Primary           2002 MB    88 GB

DISKPART> select partition 3
Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> set id=27
DiskPart successfully set the partition ID.

DISKPART> list part
  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            549 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    Primary             87 GB   550 MB
* Partition 3    Recovery          2002 MB    88 GB

DISKPART> list vol
  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     R                       CD-ROM          0 B  No Media
  Volume 1         System Rese  NTFS   Partition    549 MB  Healthy    System
  Volume 2     C   DRIVE_C      NTFS   Partition     87 GB  Healthy    Boot
  Volume 3                      NTFS   Partition   2002 MB  Healthy    Hidden

DISKPART> exit
Leaving DiskPart...

C:\>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

C:\>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
    Windows RE status:         Enabled
    Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition3\Recovery\WindowsRE
    Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: f36b9bfc-a794-11ea-8490-ea09138c8692
    Recovery image location:
    Recovery image index:      0
    Custom image location:
    Custom image index:        0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

please fix this error ***43 and ***441

windows is becoming a real problem

this is bad planning and programming from microsoft

I do not have time to read many web pages of stupidity

FIX THE PROBLEM PLEASE

All these hot shots with their ways to fix this problem. First it was run the update troubleshooter .Of course it does not even know there's a problem. Then it was the Sfc scannow. Which also does not find anything. Then the Dimm and all the others which 90+% do not understand and its Microsoft update which needs to be repaired by them. When? Us PC users just want it fixed and all the problems that it causes. Almost 2 weeks has gone by and nothing.

DO NOT CALL ME A "HOT SHOT".

I told you of an omission in the Microsoft instructions. The act of formatting the newly created recovery partition - per Microsoft's instructions - changes the partition type from recovery to primary. After the format command, you need to do an additional command, "set id=27", to restore the partition type to recovery.

I documented this in the post.

This is why some people using the Microsoft instruction are still having problems. If you don't want to use Microsoft's work-around, fine, then don't. But do not insult people who are trying to share what they have found to work.