dbminter Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 This computer I got a year ago is my first system I've ever had that uses UEFI. There's a partition with the label ESP. Partition Master says this is called the EFI System Partition, which makes ESP make sense. So, what is this partition? And what happens should it become damaged or accidentally deleted? If this partition was gone, would a UEFI PC suddenly stop booting? If there is damage to ESP or if it is deleted, then how can it be repaired? I have this partition imaged so I can recovery from it should anything happen to it, in theory. But, I am curious. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 You may find that's where the manufacturers recovery stuff is located... so you can revert to factory defaults etc. You usually gain access to what's on it by pressing a certain key during the initial boot up sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbminter Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 So, it's not essential to booting the PC? I would hope it's not. IMO, if ESP were necessary to boot the PC, then there would be all kinds of potential problems. A bad sector. Some kind of malware that wipes the partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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