Tag: Storage

  • Move the EFI boot partition on Windows

    Move the EFI boot partition on Windows

    If you installed a new disk to your Windows computer and want to move the boot partition to this new one, you may want to stick with the following instructions.

    • Start the command prompt cmd.exe as administrator
    • Type and start diskpart
    • Find the disk you want to use with list disk
    • Select that disk with select disk
    • List partitions with list partition
    • Select that partition with select partition
    • Shrink partition with (size in MB) shrink desired=200
    • Create new EFI partition with create partition efi size=200
    • Format partition as FAT32 with format quick fs=fat32
    • Assign letter to that new partition with assign letter=x (Can be a free letter of your choice)
    • exit

    Now to install boot files one can use the following command :

    bcdboot C:\Windows /s X:

    Make sure to use the proper devices names for the previous command, C:\ must be your current Windows install and X: your new disk.

    When you are done with the previous steps, please make sure to check the boot order in your BIOS/UEFI settings and select the new device first in the boot sequence.