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How do the 'EFI system partition' and UEFI *.efi files relate?

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I read that there needs to be an . The EFI System partition is a partition on a data storage device that is used by machines that adhere to the Extensible Firmware Interface. It contains the boot loader programs for all operating systems installed (in other partitions) on the device, device driver ā€¦

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No, a partition is not one and the same as a file; and Wikipedia is misleading you. That second paragraph is wrong on pretty much all points. EFI does not require any such things, and never relies upon a boot sector. If you want the gen on this, I sā€¦

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