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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
I find it very odd that your computer is still booting without the EFI System Partition.
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
Yes.
While you're waiting, I suggest you post the latest Disk Mgmt diagram [C:\Windows\System32\diskmgmt.msc].
- Make sure you've dragged around the column header dividers in the top half of the view so all the text can be seen. {just like you might drag around column dividers in File explorer}
- Make sure that you show all of the disks' width in the lower [diagrammatic] part.
And if it turns out that it cannot be then you can reconstruct everything by making a system image of your C:\ drive now & backing up all your own files so you are ready.
- The reconstruction could then be to do a clean install after which you restore your old C:\ drive to the newly-installed C:\ drive.
- I've rather lost track of comments about your system images. If you did install Macrium [free] reflect then I would urge you to use that.
Denis
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