On a UEFI / GPT system, the EFI partition is usually 100–260 MB; the goal is to free at least 15–20 MB. Open admin Command Prompt Start - type cmd - right‑click Command Prompt - Run as administrator. Mount the EFI/System partition as Y: mountvol Y: /s This exposes the hidden system partition as drive Y:. Go to the fonts folder and delete extra fonts cd /d Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts del *.ttf Answer Y when prompted; this is a standard Microsoft‑recommended way to reclaim spaceand is safe for normal systems. If you see obvious OEM junk like Dell/HP BIOS recovery images under Y:\EFI\Dell\BIOS\Recovery or similar, move them off: md C:\EFIBackup move Y:\EFI\Dell\BIOS\Recovery\* C:\EFIBackup\ Do the same idea for any vendor recovery folders you recognize (Lenovo, Asus, etc.),moving them to C: Verify free space and unmount Still in CMD: dir Y:\mountvol Y: /d