File System
Mount Hidden System Volume
Mount Method 1 - 'mountvol' (recommended)
REF = How do I mount the EFI partition on Windows 8.1 so that it is readable and writeable?
# With mapping (not sure what this means)
mountvol b: /s
# 'b' is drive letter of your choosing
# Without mapping (not sure what this means)
mountvol b: /d
Mount Method 2 - 'diskpart'
REF = Recover/Create EFI Partition Windows 11/10 When EFI Boot Partition Missing
Run command prompt as administrator.
diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
list partition
select partition 1
assign letter=b # or just 'assign'
exit
Access the Files
If it is a system partition, like the EFI partition, you need to kill explorer.exe and run it with administrator priviledges.
I've found that navigating to C:\Windows and opening explorer with "Run as administrator" does not work.
The following method works.
First, run command prompt as administrator. Then...
taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
explorer.exe /nouaccheck
Then navigate to drive B:\ in explorer and you should be able to browse the files.
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