Windows 10: Is a 185 gb EFI system partition normal?

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  1. EPIKATOMICNESS
    EPIKATOMICNESS Win User

    Is a 185 gb EFI system partition normal?


    I recently cloned a 500 gb hard drive to a 1tb ssd, which is what is in my computer currently. When I first booted up the laptop with the new ssd in it, it showed up with the same amount of storage that my old hard drive had around 464 gb. The rest was partitioned. I was able delete the 2 of the partitions, on being 128 mb and the other being over 200 gb. was able to add the 200+ gb one to my primary partition.

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    I tried to use command prompt to delete the partition, and it didn't let me. When I right click on the partition in disk manager, all the option except for help are grayed out. Is this partition supposed to be this big? if possible, is there a way to make it smaller?

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    EPIKATOMICNESS, Dec 11, 2020
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  2. GRAYE
    graye Win User

    EFI System Partition

    So, an EFI system partition is perfectly normal on a Windows 10 disk (I assumed you've done an internet search and discovered that this partition is for booting your system).

    Are you trying to backup the contents of this partition?.... if so, what software are you using?
     
    graye, Dec 11, 2020
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  3. RICHARD_SP
    Richard_Sp Win User
    Windows 10 EFI partitions aren't right!

    I have restored a Windows 10 system hard disk from an Acronis True Image backup. The result, displayed in the disk management tool, is a disk with two EFI system partitions. One is 4.19 GB, the other is 1026 GB. On a 2 TB hard drive, this leaves only 830
    GB for system and other files.

    Windows starts, but the setup of this HD is clearly wrong - there should be one 500 MB EFI partition, as there was on the original system HD.

    Any suggestions for figuring out whether I can remove one of the two EFI partitions, and reduce the size of the other, would be welcome.

    Thanks.
     
    Richard_Sp, Dec 11, 2020
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  4. TROG100
    trog100 Win User

    Is a 185 gb EFI system partition normal?

    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 Is a 185 gb EFI system partition normal? :)

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

    trog
     
    trog100, Dec 11, 2020
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