Windows 10 22h2 security update [KB5034441] fails to install with code: 0x80070643

Hi and I found your reply in another forum but I have used Partition Magic to increase the size of the backup partition so as to have 280 spare (30) more than you suggested. When I checked through the command prompt to see if Windows RE is active the shell reports that it is not active. Possibly because I use other backup software however when you check the Backup Partition there is a folder called Windows RE and that contains 3 files as follows; Boot.sdi, reagent.xml and winre.wim so it does exist and since there is adequate space I cannot see why the update won't accept and fails to download, there is no Catalogue file so you can't force the update like I have had to do with a few in the past so every time I log on I get another failed attempt to download.

I am a person of advanced years and I am finding that there are more and more half baked outfits selling themselves as the answer to everyone's prayers and continually short delivering. Please fix this post haste as I am the only technical person capable of making changes to our PCs and I am not sure I am going to be around long enough to see a change in the culture that will give ordinary people a chance. We need these machines just to pay our bills.

I have GB of room on my partition and I still cannot get this to install.

I ran the Microsoft-supplied Powershell script and I'm still getting the error...

however when you check the Backup Partition there is a folder called Windows RE and that contains 3 files as follows; Boot.sdi, reagent.xml and winre.wim so it does exist and since there is adequate space I cannot see why the update won't accept

Enable Windows RE. The update cannot install with Windows RE disabled. It's nice when the image file is present, but it must be in use as well.

You can’t enable Windows RE on a bit locked disk.

The problem is that Windows Update is not performing its due diligence before trying to install the update on systems it shouldn’t.