OS Partition Expansion

andrew124C41 said:

I accidentally deleted the EFI partition. What am I to do now?

Do you have a system image backup?
If yes, just restore your latest good Windows image backup with the option to reformat the partitions.

SIW2 said:

If you have any problems, presumably you have bootable media ? Installation media, or some custom winpe thing ?


probably greyed out those options because of bitlocker.



https://social.technet.microsoft.com...10itprogeneral

Look at this. I have absolutely no idea how this happened because I do not recall trying to enable bitlocker. I can't enable or get rid of it.

Now I suspect I just need to copy all my data and list my programs and start from scratch. I don't see anything else I can do and I think for this laptop, it is best NOT to move the user folder to a separate partitionl

andrew124C41 said:

I accidentally deleted the EFI partition. What am I to do now?

Restore the backup you made before you started and be more careful next time ?

I find it very odd that your computer is still booting without the EFI System Partition.

NavyLCDR said:

I find it very odd that your computer is still booting without the EFI System Partition.

The Computer has not been rebooted at the time he posted. But it seems it has now... (no more replies since yesterday)

MaloK said:

The Computer has not been rebooted at the time he posted. But it seems it has now... (no more replies since yesterday)

I have left the laptop on because it probably won't reboot. My IT knowledge has gotten rusty over the past few years as I have gotten older. So, I need to back up my data and list the programs I have prior to turning it off since I will likely have to reinstall it.

Try3 said:

I suggest you wait for @NavyLCDR to log back in. He's in a different timezone to you.
Just to encourage you to wait, here's how he dealt with a similar case - manually setting up a new drive and its partitions [NavyLCDR #3] - TenForums

Best of luck,
Denis

Are you suggesting that my present configuration can be salvaged?

In a command prompt with admin privileges:

Code:

diskpart
select disk 0
create part EFI size=100
format fs=fat32 quick
assign letter=s
exit
bcdboot C:\Windows /s S: /f UEFI
exit