Updating Windows Be Like

1/12/2024 12:36 AM EST: so this is my life rn

1/12/2024 12:36 AM EST: windows update fails

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: error 0x80070643

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: restarting doesn’t help

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: windows update troubleshooter doesn’t help

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: so i do research

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: i find this documentation from microsoft

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: essentially the winRE partition is too small

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: so i follow the steps

1/12/2024 12:37 AM EST: and this happens

1/12/2024 12:38 AM EST:

DISKPART> shrink desired=250 minimum=250                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Virtual Disk Service error:                                                                                                                                                                                        The specified shrink size is too big and will cause the volume to be                                                                                                                                               smaller than the minimum volume size.

1/12/2024 12:38 AM EST: so i do some digging in event viewer and find this

1/12/2024 12:38 AM EST:

1/12/2024 12:38 AM EST: so the question becomes – how do i move this file

1/12/2024 12:38 AM EST:

1/12/2024 12:38 AM EST: jfc

1/12/2024 12:39 AM EST: if i use a bootable partition manager i might as well use gparted or something

1/12/2024 12:39 AM EST: but do i seriously have to do this for a f***ing windows 10 update

1/12/2024 12:40 AM EST:

remember that windows is meant to be used by 40 year old average people, not people like me
this should not be necessary to perform an update

1/12/2024 12:41 AM EST: and if you think “what you’re doing isn’t really hard,” you’re right, it’s not that complex, but you’d be surprised by how little some people know

1/12/2024 12:48 AM EST: the good news is that windows has released a powershell script that manages the winre partition such that the update isn’t necessary

1/12/2024 12:48 AM EST: and while i don’t use bitlocker, i still want this update installed Just In Case:tm:

1/12/2024 12:48 AM EST: because it is a security update

@bloxs – 1/12/2024 12:51 AM EST: Windows issue

@bloxs – 1/12/2024 12:52 AM EST: Fun fact: you would’ve been up and running with a bloat and spyware free arch linux install in like a third of the time it took you to fix your windows install

1/12/2024 12:56 AM EST: