EFI PARTITION PROBLEM

[agodin]

hi....im using windows 7 ultimate on ibm x61....i have cloned my
80gb hd to a larger 160gb hd......problem is when i look at my hd in disk
management i see my C partition with the os and files on... next there
is a 32mb EFI partition......when i clone the C partition to my larger 160gb
hd i get the same layout 74.50 gb NTFS C partition and the EFI
partition then the partition with the new 80gb free space.......then when i go into disk management i cant expand the
C partition volume because the EFI partition is blocking it....how do
i move or delete this EFI partition...i tried in diskpart but cant see
the EFI partition....i cant assign a drive letter to the EFI partition so i can delete it...thanks for any help....

[BootSectorVirus]

This is a limitation of cloning a drive, the partitions must be changed during the process, but cloning does not allow this.

You are better off to make a full disk Image of the old drive, then apply that image to the new drive, this will allow you to change partition sizes during the process. I just did this for my T60, went from 60gb to 250gb, and the software I used correctly re-sized the C partition to use the rest of the increased size of the new disk.

I used this software to image the old disk (all partitions), then applied that image to the new disk. It will ask you near the end of the configuration if you wish to keep the partition sizes or use the entire space, choose the latter.

Todo Backup Free 3.0
http://www.todo-backup.com/download/