I grabbed the NIUBI partition manager tool (free), shrank my 2T SSD by 2G, then increased the recovery partition by that amount, yielding a 2.5GB recovery partition. The same failure occurs.
Microsoft, you NEED to fix your problem!!!
How to install KB5034441: Windows Recovery Environment update for Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2: January 9, 2024
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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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Anonymous
2024-02-09T23:03:59+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-02-24T16:51:21+00:00 - Shrink the Primary partition by 250 MB.
- Increase the Recovery Partition by about 250 MB.
Reboot & your update should now work.
I use linux & simply did the above there as disk partition tool come bundled with Linux and they are free & intuitive.
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Anonymous
2024-02-24T19:56:17+00:00 As I originally stated, and clarified, I have done this multiple tmes. Recovery tool does not recognize my new recovery partion.
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Anonymous
2024-02-25T03:41:45+00:00 ThomClements -- last month, you posted:
DISKPART> list part
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 System 260 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 16 MB 261 MB
Partition 3 Primary 475 GB 277 MB
* Partition 4 Recovery 927 MB 476 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 System 260 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 16 MB 261 MB
Partition 3 Primary 475 GB 277 MB
* Partition 4 Recovery 927 MB 476 GB
The "format" command caused all the files/folders stored on "Partition 4" to become inaccessible -- like a book where the table-of-contents page has been removed, or 100%-covered by black ink. [There do exist disk-utilities that can read each sector in the partition, and try to stitch-together groups of sectors to become files & folders that can be recovered to a different disk-drive.]
The fact that the partition is "healthy" means that there is no need to use CHDKSK to "repair" the file-system, because the file-system is not "dirty".
As others have mentioned, find a ".wim" file on a Microsoft Windows DVD, as part of the process to rebuild the contents of the partition.
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Anonymous
2024-02-25T04:55:53+00:00 I do not have a windows 10 DVD. Windows 10 Pro came pre-installed on my computer.
However, I do have two laptops with Win 10 Pro. How can I find the .wim file on one of them. Do I need to copy it to my recovery partition, and how do I do this?