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EFI partition is in the wrong drive, how can I create a new one in C:?

Anonymous
2022-02-15T14:37:04+00:00

Hello everyone!

I have an old HDD (T:) that I wanted to unplug. So I did it, but the PC didnt boot. After getting help from a friend, I managed to boot it again from the bios.

The thing is that now I see that the EFI partition (The boot is there, isnt it?) is on said HDD (T:) and not in my C: drive, where windows 10 is actually installed.

Is there any safe way to move this partition from T: to C:? I want to get rid of T:, is old and i'm afraid it will die soon... Also, I would need to make changes in the bios to boot it again?

I heard the unpluging every drive unless C:, boot with an usb creation media and select startip repair may fix this, but I want to be sure about this.

If I can, I would like to avoid command prompts and such... I'm not an expert.

Here's a pic of my disk management, I censored some drives names bc I named them after people I know haha.

It's in spanish im sorry, but I hope u can understand enough. If u need any info please tell me.

Thank u all!

Edit: typo

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  1. DaveM121 871K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-02-15T15:10:09+00:00

    Hi Kallut0

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    On the link below, Kyhi provides the working method to create a new EFI partition on that drive, it does involve running a few commands, you will need a Windows bootable USB t perform the steps they provide.

    https://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/...

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  2. DaveM121 871K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-02-15T16:34:25+00:00

    Hi Kallut0

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    Performing a clean install of Windows 10 from a bootable USB will fix this problem, but you must disconnect the other drive(s) when installing Windows 10, because there is a known bug in the installation process that causes this problem.

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    There is also a utility named EasyBCD that may also be able to create a new EFI partition, I do not know if they provide a fee version of their software any more, but

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-15T16:27:57+00:00

    Thanks!

    So, I guess that the repairing thing or just doing a clean install wont't fix it? If possible, I would like to avoid commands, it kinda scares me since I'm not an expert 😣

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