Windows 10: Windows 10 - cannot hide windows UEFI boot partition form FileExplorer

hello community!


I have some issue on my UEFI windows boot partition, a short summary of what I was doing: Installed Linux Ubuntu on a separate drivenot the drive I have windows installed on, Ubuntu automatically created it's boot partition on my windows drive. It creates this partition even when I unplugged the windows drive and then plugged in again after installation.


by mistake I deleted my windows UEFI boot partition instead, after using F11- Recovery from startup, now it's back but I cannot hide it in File Explorer






I don't wanted to be there to avoid deleting\adding files by mistake, how can I fix that?



* sorry for any non-clear explanation for my grammar, I'll be ready for any further explanation. any advice would be appreciated.

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Partition resized, Windows 8.1 not booting, UEFI

Hi all,

Ok, I have a new lenovo ideapad 305 (system is UEFI boot), I used minitool partition wizard to resize the c: & d: drives (to increase space on the D) but didn't touch anything else, rebooted into windows & it seemed nothing had changed, so I booted up by USB and the partitions were exactly what I had changed them to. Thinking this was really weird, I tried rebooting & have not been able to get into windows since.
I have tried recovery through the windows 8.1 cd but it does not recognise the partitions at all! So I can't even use diskpart or the like, I have tried several boot recovery tools, some see the partitions & some don't, so I guess I need to make the partitions UEFI-enabled? I'm not fully savvy with UEFI & I've tried every piece of advice I could find, but i'm stuck, any clues?

Thanks for any help!

 

Partition resized, Windows 8.1 not booting, UEFI

Thanks for the reply, but I can't even get access the Bcdstore! I've realised the command prompt is useless as it cannot see any partitions.

I've gone through the BIOS, tried disabling secure boot, swapping between UEFI First and Legacy First, but cannot get the windows dvd (I've tried the windows 8.1 dvd (don't have the repair disc)) to see the partitions or even refresh or reset, it gives the error "the drive where windows is installed is locked" or "unable to reset your pc. a required drive partition is missing", but the minitool wizard sees the partitions just fine. I've tried several discs such as hiren's cd just to try to get to a GUI (mini windows) but always get a bluescreen (trying to load the GUI).

I tried the System recovery from the Novo Button Menu, but all I get is "Default boot device missing or boot failed" it then demands installation media which I already know won't help with recovery.
Would it be right to assume (since at least some tools can see the partitions)
that it is simply a problem with how the partition table is being identified? If that's the case, is there any software tool that can correct it?
I'd rather fix the problem than reload the whole thing (but it looks like I'll end up doing just that), any further ideas?

 

3tb internal storage windows 10

Windows 10/8/8.1/7 and Vista support GPT 3TB single partitions. These operating systems support booting from UEFI and GPT without the need of a non-Microsoft device driver. This is the Windows native solution for booting a 3TB drive to a single partition.