Question windows update problem

[MJS WARLORD]

A few weeks ago this update was released......

2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441)

Every time i try to download it it fails , before it fails my pc's hang and i cant do anything , i asked mr google what the problem was and apparently it is something to do with partitioning.
It says if a partition cant be found the update crashes , my 2 pc and laptop were custom built and as far as i can see they did not partition the ssd's to put any recovery software on them .... that is unless i cant find them .......... note ..... although i have been a geek for 20 years i know nothing about partitioning.

As you know windows no longer has the option to hide unwanted updates ..... i did once try a 3rd party program that was supposed to hide stuff to stop windows giving it me but it did not work.

What can i do to make this problem go away.

 

[Lutfij]

I would leave it alone;
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb...y-9-2024-62c04204-aaa5-4fee-a02a-2fdea17075a8

If I end up reinstalling my OS, I'll just migrate to Windows 11 and as of now, the OS and platform while on Windows 10 is stable. So the advice would be to maintain a holding pattern and hopefully Microsoft come out with a fix for the update issue.

 

[madaraosenpai]

If you can find the recovery partition using a tool like GParted Live or MiniTool PM, could you make it larger? That should be all that's needed.

The issue appears to be that the update is bloated as hell ("security update" rofl...). They don't even check if you have a recovery partition to begin with, but you should since it's supposed to install alongside Windows automatically.

Could you also tell us if your partition table format is legacy or GPT?

 

[ubuysa]

Right-click on the start (window) icon at bottom-left and select Disk Management from the menu list. Click the square at top right to make the display full screen and ensure that in the graphical display in the lower half that we can see your C: drive. Post a screenshot of that display.

 

[MJS WARLORD]

spearhead .... i dont understand your last sentance

ubuysa ....... i am posting the screenshot you asked for .... its the first time i looked at this since the pc was built and it seems like i was mistaken it looks like the builders DID make some partitions so maybe they did it to my other 2 machines

c and d drive on this pc are both ssd's

https://imgpile.com/images/x6IMFP.jpg

 

[SkyNetRising]

https://imgpile.com/images/x6IMFP.jpg

Execute following from elevated command prompt.
With regular command prompt you'll get errors.

reagentc /disable​

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 0​

(select 447GB disk)​

list partition​

select partition 5​

(select 500MB partition)​

delete partition override​

select partition 4​

(select 518MB partition)​

set id="ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7"​

extend​

set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"​

exit​

reagentc /enable​

What this does:
recovery environment gets disabled,
extra 500MB recovery partition gets deleted (you don't need multiple recovery partitions),
518MB recovery partition gets converted to normal data partition (necessary for next step),
518MB partition gets extended to 1018MB,
1018MB normal data partition gets converted back to recovery partition,
recovery environment gets enabled.

Afterwards you should be able to install KB5034441.

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/elevated.htm