Moving EFI Partition


  1. Posts : 2
    Win10
       #1

    Moving EFI Partition


    Can someone tell me how to move EFI partition from one place to another, its just the example, but my problem is that i have C partition, after that i have EFI partition, and after that i have free space, now i can't resize my C partition coz EFI partition is next one...
    Win 10, 64x
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  2. Posts : 42,734
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    Hi, your description and diagram seem to be the opposite of one another.

    If you wish to move partitions around as you describe, you will need a 3rd party partition manager such as one of these:
    Five free tools for managing partitions - TechRepublic
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  3. Posts : 4,767
    Windows 10 preview 64-bit Home
       #3

    Moving a partition using Mini tool Partition Wizard free, see How to Move/Resize Partition | MiniTool Partition Wizard Tutorial . Your unallocated space will then be to the right of C:. I would create an image first just as a backup insurance.
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  4. Posts : 41,412
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #4

    1) Please change the default language to English then post these two images and command prompt results:

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html
    Change Display Language in Windows 10

    2) Open disk management > by default some columns are compressed > widen each Status and Volume > make sure the contents within the parenthesis are in full view and that none of the characters are cutoff > view disk 0 > widen this row as needed so that all of the characters are in full view > post an image into the thread
    Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of

    3) Download and install Minitool Partition Wizard > post an image of the results into this thread
    MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com

    4) Open administrative command prompt and copy and paste (all at one time)

    Code:
    bcdedit /enum all
    reagentc /info
    diskpart
    lis dis
    lis vol
    sel dis 0
    det dis
    lis par
    sel par 1
    det par
    sel par 2
    det par
    sel par 3
    det par
    sel par 4
    det par
    sel par 5
    det par
    sel dis 1
    det dis
    lis par
    When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread
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  5. Posts : 8
    Windows 10
       #5

    You can move EFI partition after you remove 'boot' flag from it.

    1. Boot from GParted Live CD and remove 'boot' flag from EFI partition. If there is also one 128MB partition with 'msftres' flag, don't remove flag from it.
    2. Boot from MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable and move EFI partition to disk end.
    3. Move Windows partition just right before previously moved EFI partition.
    4. Copy EFI partition to disk begin, then delete old one.
    5. Move back Windows partition just right after EFI partition.
    6. Boot again back to GParted Live CD and add 'boot' flag to EFI partition.
    7. Boot from Windows 10 installation USB drive and repair your OS following this guide - Fixing a Corrupted UEFI Partition in Windows 8 or 8.1

    This tutorial is old one I created in another forum back in 2015 when I moved my Windows 8.1 EFI partition. OS repair guide is pretty old, but there should not be any differences between Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 on that point.
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  6. Posts : 2
    Win10
    Thread Starter
       #6

    thx, all u were rly helpfull! with MiniTool Partition it was easy
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