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Create a backup of the EFI partition on a USB
I have Ubuntu on M.2 disk y Windows 10 on un SSD
I had install windows with ubuntu already installed, Windows has put its bootloader in the EFI partition of Ubuntu, since the M.2 disk is the first ...
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EFI file structure
I have system partition on my Windows 10 PC. It contains files
EFI
--Microsoft
----Boot
------bootmgr.efi
------bootmgfw.efi
------bootmgr.efi
------...other files
----Recovery
--Boot
----boot64.efi
--...
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Is it safe to move Windows C:/ partition?
I was trying to install Pop OS 20.04 LTS, alongside my Windows 10 installation, but it says that the EFI partition, which is 260 MB currently, is too small and that Pop requires it to be atleast 500 ...
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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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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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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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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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Read/Write EFI Variables from Windows 10 shell
I need to write a specific set of bytes (that I have stored in a file) to a specific EFI Variable on Windows 10. I understand this is possible in C/C++ with the Get/SetFirmwareEnvironmentVariable ...
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Can Windows 10 have a partition type of GPT with a UEFI boot mode?
Can Windows 10 have a partition type of GPT with a UEFI boot mode?
You'd need to ask somebody from Microsoft why they tie their
partition table type (GPT vs. MBR) to their boot mode (EFI/UEFI vs.
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how to get boot parameters for GPT with UEFI
Wikipedia redirects "Windows Boot Manager" to the Windows Vista Startup Process. To avoid a problem dual booting Windows 10 with Linux, I would want to note the UEFI and GPT configuration from a live ...
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Images (e.g. with Clonezilla) of Windows and Linux on a UEFI computer
I use Clonezilla with success for many years to make images from partitions that host Windows 7 or smaller and Ubuntu and other operating systems. Making images and restore them was easy for me.
But ...
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Do I need to re-install windows 8 to enable UEFI?
I know that UEFI provides for much faster boot up speeds, but as of right now it is disabled in my BIOS. Should I enable it and it'll switch over auto-magically?
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How to know if my BIOS supports UEFI?
I recently bought a new Dell notebook for my girlfriend and I want to know if the computer comes with a UEFI BIOS, unfortunately I didnt find any information in the manual or on Windows, is there some ...
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