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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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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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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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How do I run CHKDSK on EFI System Partition?
I tried dual booting Ubuntu with Windows 10 in my Dell laptop. An grub-install error appeared. Checking through the log files, a launchpad expert advised that my EFI sytem partition is corrupt and I ...
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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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Install Windows 10 with larger EFI partition
Is there a way to do a fresh install of Windows 10 on an empty drive with a larger EFI partition than 100MB (approx 200MB)? I plan to dual boot OS X and I want to avoid a certain issue that might pop ...
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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 hide EFI-partition?
For some sort of reason my EFI-partition shows up in disk management as well as This PC.
Is there a way to hide again without messing up my system? Preferably by command line (diskpart).
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Restore Windows From Data Backup?
So I managed to break my partition table, but I was able to recover my entire C: drive and copy every file and folder to an external drive. My question now becomes, is there anyway to, when I ...
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