Regarding KB5034441 with 0x80070643 Error

Hi all


Generally, Windows Update works well on my WIndows 10,
and I frequently update.

Several weeks ago, I got a problem with KB5034441,
with Error 0x80070643.






I tried googling it,
and from what I saw, people mentioned there a deleted Recovery partition.

I might've deleted my Recovery partition in the past, when I bought this laptop,
(I am not sure, but it sounds like me)

but today when I check in Disk Management, it seems that I do have one..
(just without a name - "RECOVERY")

Please see the third one, here:





So If I do have a Recovery partition,
yet still get this error,
what is the best way to proceed?


Thank you all for your help

follow this advice!
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-24c8229763bf
It works in your case!

Hi Pentagon


Thank you very much for your reply.


Before performing the solution there,
I am curious to ask something:


If I don't want Windows' Recovery mechanism and Partition,
and would like to disable it, and delete the Recovey partition,
might that also be a solution for this Windows Update error?

Or will Windows Update scream that the Recovey partition is deleted?
(or will re-create it for me without me asking for it?)

The WinRE will not disturb you. I would not disable it. It's just 1 GB. You don't have to worry!

Beside that: Your diskmanagement looks good! You separated OS from DATA!

Pentagon said:

Your diskmanagement looks good! You separated OS from DATA!

Thank you Pentagon

Pentagon said:

The WinRE will not disturb you. I would not disable it. It's just 1 GB. You don't have to worry!

Actually I do not worry becuase of the <1GB consumption.
My SSD is 0.5TB, so space is not a problem..
I just don't need MS's recovery mechanism,
I use a program similar to Norton Ghost..
Specifically it's AOMEI Backup - a really good program for creating Images of Partitions/Disks.


But in any case, the solution you gave me a link to, worked,
so now the issue is less worrying.




BTW,
I saw in a different thread in the current forum, about completely disabling Windows Update in Windows 10.

I remember 2 years ago when I tried to do it, it was pretty much impossible on Windows 10 Home.

Now when I read that thread,
garlin gave there a really nice solution, this this post:
Permanently Disable Windows Updates
which is to set a non-existing WSUS server, e.g. "localhost".

The problem: it's for every Edition of Windows10, except Home, which is what I have.


Later on that same thread, in another post, garlin gave another solution:
Permanently Disable Windows Updates
This time it is to pause Updates for longer than 30 days, via setting any EndTime that you want.. (not limited to 30 days from now).

Does anyone know If that solution will work on my Windows 10 Home (22H2)?

I want to get some piece and quiet from Windows Update and it errors..

The most important feature in the Recovery Environment is the command prompt and the possibility to run Defender offline scans. I am a lazy person and I don't want to use an USB-Stick when I need to run command prompts from PE. <Shift> + Reboot and within seconds you are there!

Interesting..

Didn't know that, thank you for that tip.

So maybe keeping WinRE might be useful.


BTW, are there more ways to boot to it, in addition to [Shift]-Reboot?