Security Update for Windows 10, 2024-11, KB5048239 getting error 0x80070643 when installing

> It was an upgrade, not a clean install.

A clean install would have deleted all the partitions, and then created one large "WinRe" partition.

> ....\device\harddisk0*partition2*\Recovery\WindowsRE

> ...\device\harddisk0*partition5*\RecoveryImage

From an administrative-level command-line, use the DISKPART command to get a list of partitions on "harddisk0".

I wonder what it will show for "partition3" and for "partition4".

Could one (or more) of them be inactive "WinRE" partitions?

How large (MB or GB) are each of partitions #2 through #5, inclusive?

Probably ran setup. It was an upgrade, not a clean install.

reagentc.info gives this

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\partition2\Recovery\WindowsRE 

Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 2abe434f-b184-11ee-844b-f4b7e2429215 

Recovery image location:   \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition5\RecoveryImage 

Recovery image index:      2 

Custom image location: 

Custom image index:        0

@Jay,

I have one computer that was upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. It has TWO "Recovery" partitions.

From an "administrative-level" command-prompt, when I enter the: reagentc /info command, I see:

Recovery Environment: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition2\Recovery\ ...

Note that the "counting" is "zero-origin".

So, "harddisk0" is the first disk-drive,

and "partition2" is the third partition.

The second partition probably is your "C:" partition.

So, is your "large" partition the one that Windows would use, or are the updates trying to access the "smaller" partition?

Installed to a Win10 version from a copy on MS site (Create Windows 10 Media Installation) 1/16/23*.*

Did you boot from the media you created, or did you run the "setup.exe" in the root-folder of the media?

If you repeat the download of the media, you should get Windows, as updated to November 2024 version, or even the December 2024 (released yesterday). Presumably, the failed updates will have already been integrated into this media.

Give it a try.

I've tried many suggestions to get kb5048239 and its predecessors to execute.

0x80070643 error every time.

My theory follows.

Windows RE folder is way too large but I expanded it as a solution attempt.

Ran Win 8.1 (upgraded as some point from 8.0) for many years.

Installed to a Win10 version from a copy on MS site (Create Windows 10 Media Installation) 1/16/23.

Went smoothly enough and computer has since run well.

It is my feeling that Windows RE files are still from Win 8.1.

winre.wim for example is dated 10/2/2016. 3 others are from 6/2012.

Wasted a lot of time trying to replace files in this 'folder' using those from a Win10 computer with no issue.

I don't feel vulnerable as a threat won't try to change files that are wrong in the first place?

I have given up but would welcome a solution to fix failed update every month.

I have two computers.

For the first one, I replaced the disk-drive, as above, expanding the "WinRe" partition.

For the second one, after applying the November updates, and restarting, I launched Windows Update. It offered this update, and successfully applied it.