Microsoft won’t fix Windows 0x80070643 errors, manual fix required

May 2, 2024 at 10:11AM Microsoft confirmed it won’t provide an automated fix for the 0x80070643 error caused by recent Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) updates. The updates were meant to fix a BitLocker vulnerability but mistakenly display an ‘ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE’ message. Users are instructed to manually resize the WinRE partition by 250 MB to accommodate the … Read more

Windows 10 KB5034441 security update fails with 0x80070643 errors

January 10, 2024 at 11:56AM Windows 10 users faced difficulties while installing Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday updates, encountering 0x80070643 errors for the KB5034441 security update for BitLocker. The update installation fails, displaying a Windows Update error message and may lead to insufficient space errors. Microsoft suggests creating a larger Windows Recovery Partition, although this solution … Read more