Unable to update (KB5034441) using below links

I'm also waiting for the fix. Just in case anyone from Microsoft can use the information, here's my experience in following the instructions to manually resize the WinRE partition:

1. on an old laptop running Win10 Pro and an AMD A8-5545 CPU, mechanical hard drive, the process worked perfectly.
2. on a desktop running Win10 Pro, a Core i5-7640X CPU and an SSD, I got the error message saying the system partition could not be shrunk -- even though there are hundreds of Gb unused on the drive. No joy.
3. on a laptop running Win10 Pro, a Core i5-4300U CPU and an SSD, initially the WinRE partition was 510Mb. I went through the process of shrinking the system partition, then deleting and re-creating the WinRE partition and got no error messages -- but the newly created WinRE partition was again 510Mb! The process had not used the newly freed space to create a larger WinRE partition. Since the table created by the "list partition" command only shows partition sizes in whole Mb or whole Gb, I cannot tell whether the system partition (100 Gb) really was shrunk by 250 Mb or not. After a reboot I tried the process a second time, same result. I have no idea why.

I've spent too much time on this already. Waiting for the fix.

BTW, I do use BitLocker to encrypt USB thumb drives, and then to read the encrypted thumb drive. Am I at risk until this gets fixed?

Honestly I'd rather not have to mess about with shrinking partitions etc at all. Are Microsoft going to create an update fix? It's been several weeks....

You're shrinking the wrong partition if you get this error. The instructions state that you must shrink the OS partition first, then delete the recovery partition, and finally create a new recovery partition of the previous size PLUS the size that you shrunk the OS partition by.

You don't need to expand the WinRE partition because its capacity is 893 MB, which should be sufficient.

Please start a new thread so that I can post specific instructions for your system.

Also, see my post below - pasted from another thread:

Microsoft is working on a fix. Until then, you may ignore the Windows Update error 0x80070643 and wait for an official fix.

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Important: Follow the workaround only if you're comfortable with the diskpart console tool because it can be a risky procedure. Otherwise, please start a new thread and seek the assistance of an IA or moderator.

Workaround: Resizing the Recovery partition to 750 MB or more will fix the issue. The error occurs due to a lack of free disk space in the Recovery partition.

KB5028997: Instructions to manually resize your partition to install the WinRE update - Microsoft Support: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf

Caveat: The above Microsoft article assumes the Recovery partition is situated next to the OS partition. That's not necessarily the case in many systems. So, a different approach has to be followed on systems where the Recovery partition is not located near the OS partition. In that case, please start a new thread and seek the assistance of an advisor or volunteer moderator.