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Can i delete the drive which contain microsoft and EFI named folder with FAT32 partition type
I have one partition which can be accessed through windows explorer which contains Microsoft and EFI folder
I am now confused that can I delete the partition and I can't delete it from the windows ...
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windows no EFI partition
I installed windows 10 using USB in UEFI mode
USB (MBR)
installation target (GPT)
the USB installation media (created on Ubuntu) dual boots Ubuntu and Windows 10 using grub.
menuentry "Windows 10&...
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Windows 10 crash with Nvidia 9400 driver installation iMac late 2009
I know that the problem has already been addressed but in my case by following the various guides on the net I can not solve it.
I successfully installed Windows 10 on a late 2009 iMac
and the only ...
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Windows 10 Recovery keeps showing on boot after fresh install of Zorin OS Lite
I've recently stumped on a problem after installing Zorin OS Lite 64bit on my old laptop which was running Windows 10 64bit. So basically after installing Zorin OS I was not able to boot into my OS ...
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EFI Windows Bootloader Recovery
i deleted windows boot loader in efi instead of ubuntu by mistake.
Now i am left with ubuntu without windows. Is there a way to fix the windows boot loader from ubuntu terminal as i couldn't open ...
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Why won't the Windows installer set up an EFI partition or boot entry?
I've downloaded a Windows 10 ISO image from Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File) and I'm trying to install it on a SATA SSD on my desktop. Here's my intended layout:
/dev/sda (SSD)
/dev/sda1: ...
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I cloned my Windows on SSD and I can't delete the EFI partition on HDD
I recently bought a M.2 SSD (Seagate BarraCuda) and cloned my Windows 10 (build 2004) on it from my HDD using Macrium Reflect. All good with the process, I changed the boot order from the BIOS to put ...
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Repair EFI/GPT Bootloader for virtual Windows 10
An interrupted system update caused the Windows 10 Pro on my virtual machine to get into a Diagnostic and Repair Mode loop and I am trying to fix. I need to access and use a certain program that is ...
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UEFI Win10 Installation: How do I separate the data and system into different partition?
I would like to separate system partition and data partition in my 1 TB SSD when installing Win10. It was possible in the MBR days, but now, it seemed that Win10 will wipe out the entire SSD during ...
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Installing ubuntu dualboot - windows wont start
I was installing Ubuntu on one old notebook on the same HDD as windows. There was no EFI partition so I create one during the ubuntu installation process. There were some errors and in the end, I ...
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Windows EFI Partition Not Editable
Based on the following question:
How to access efi partition on windows 10?
I have been unable to open the EFI partition by running the commands below:
mountvol
start \\?\Volume{xxxxxxx-ec0e-43ab-...
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Good way to backup laptop SSD with UEFI, Ubuntu, Windows dual boot
I have an Acer Aspire R laptop with 260GB SSD, UEFI, Ubuntu and Windows 10 dual boot. How can I backup / clone / image the whole drive to be reinstalled on a new drive if current drive fails?
a) ...
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The directory is not empty when using mountvol to mount efi partition
I followed the answers to this question but none of them seem to work. When I use mountvol E: /s I get the error "The directory is not empty" even though it is empty and I've formatted it multiple ...
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Bootloader behavior when 2 OSs are installed on 2 separate storage devices - UEFI
I have a PC with Windows 7 installed on M.2 NVMe SSD (UEFI Boot). There's no way to disable this M.2 SSD in BIOS. MSI AM4 board.
Same PC also has a 500 GB SATA HDD.
I want to install Windows 10 on ...
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Cannot repair bcd because the windows installation cannot be found
I'm trying to rebuild my BCD but my windows7 installation cannot be found.
So far, I have typed these commands from the Windows7 install DVD (which I booted in UEFI mode) :
X:\sources>chkdsk /r c:...
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