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I tried to manually resize the partition by 250 MB per the instructions here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf#articleFooterSupportBridge=communityBridge
I had to exit Disk Part because I can not shrink the OS partition first:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3930]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 610c3ed8-af74-11ee-92f0-acd56448675c
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /disable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.3636
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
Disk 0 Online 119 GB 11 MB *
DISKPART> sel disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list part
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 System 750 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 128 MB 751 MB
Partition 3 Primary 117 GB 879 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 1022 MB 118 GB
DISKPART> sel part 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> shrink desired=250 minimum=250
You may not shrink OEM, ESP, or recovery partitions, or, offline volumes.
The volume you have selected may not be shrunk.
Please select another volume and try again.
DISKPART> list part
* Partition 1 System 750 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 128 MB 751 MB
Partition 3 Primary 117 GB 879 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 1022 MB 118 GB
DISKPART> exit
Leaving DiskPart...
C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 610c3eda-af74-11ee-92f0-acd56448675c
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
Is there another way to install this update?
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My name is Jonathan Deives. I'm an Independent Advisor and I will be happy to help you today.
Many people reporting problems with update "KB5034441", there is nothing wrong with your system, you need to wait for the developers to resolve the problems with this update, the best alternative is to pause the update for 7 days.
I would reccomend people just wait for Microsoft to fix the issue instead of risking a very complicated proceadure which may damage your computer. Microsoft cannot legally just decide to destroy products they have sold to customers.
Matthew, It's too late, I already deleted the recovery partition. I was performing this procedure because the microsoft update for windows RE failed on three computers, due to increased recovery partition size requirements.
The first computer i performed this procedure on worked fine -- it is MBR. The new RE update installed.
The second computer failed to recognize the new RE partition, even though diskmanager sees "healthy" recovery partition now. Reagentc does not know its location.
I tried to use reagentc /setreimage but I cant get the syntax correct, even with microsoft learn help (usage examples no help for separate partition).
The update is not a big of a deal, I suggest you leave it alone, many users have had this problem soo it isnt that urgent to download this update. People ended up destroying there pcs messing with the recovery partition unfortunately.
After successfully performing this procedure on one computer, I have already deleted the recovery partition on a second one.
This procedure fails AFTER deleting the (too small) recovery partition.
I followed the steps to create a new (250 MB bigger) recovery partition, format it, and mark it for recovery, but the REAGENTC utility fails to recognize it.
The windows diskmanager GUI does see it, and reports it is "healthy". But it will not function as a recovery partition, and the windiws update will not install.
I researched the REAGENTC utility on Microsoft learn -- it APPEARS that I should be able to identify my recovery partition using the /setreimage command, but I cannot determine the correct syntax to point to disk0 part4. MSLearn does a poor job of the syntax; it explains how to point to a recovery file, but not a partition.
