Windows 10: How to move EFI Partition from old drive to new drive with Win 10 OS

I reinstalled a clean copy of Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Build 1809) onto an empty partition (320 GB) on a new 1 TB hard drive, leaving the remaining space (611 GB) unallocated. After the installation, I deleted the prior OS partition where the previous Windows 10 was installed on a different 500 GB hard drive. However, the EFI System Partition still exists on the original hard drive and I can't delete it (for obvious reasons), and I want to create a new EFI System Partition using the unallocated space on the new drive. Can that be done without going back to reinstalling Windows again and re-creating all new partitions? Thanks for whatever assistance anyone can provide.

- Alan.

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Move EFI partition

its to enable win 10 to update to its anniversary edition.. it cant do this due to lack of C drive space i have had a quick try with the trial version of easus.. it didnt seem to be able to do what i want..

i am assuming i cant just delete the efi partition but maybe i could.. as yet i havnt even figured out how to get into the bios of the thing.. maybe that should be my next step.. *Smile

diskpart could probably do it but figuring out how (it aint that user friendly) might be difficult without step by step instructions..

trog

 

Move EFI partition

i have a dual boot (win 10 and android tablet) it only has a 32 gig system drive with a 16 gig partition for win 10..

the 16 gig is not enough for windows updates.. i dont need or use android so i have deleted all the android partitions.. so far so good i have another 10 gigs of space on the system drive..

i created a new volume which shows up as drive D.. my idea was to merge the two partitions giving me more C drive space for win 10 so as to enable enough upgrade space..

the pic below should show my problem.. i cant merge the two partitions because there is a system EFI file in between them.. *Smile

does anyone know how to move the EFI partition.. cos as yet i dont.. he he





google shows me other people wanting to do the same thing but no answers.. or at least none i can make much sense of.. *Smile

its a teclast x89 tablet..

trog

 

Partition or multiple hard drives?

As the title suggests. Is it worth installing say a 36GB drive for the OS soley or partitioning an existing larger drive with either 2 or more partitions? I am currently running Vista 32bit and want to try out 64bit and am sick of reformatting the whole drive. Any suggestions?