Questions tagged [bcdedit]
A command-line tool in Windows Vista and later for editing the Boot Configuration Data (BCD).
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How to view boot debugging logs BCDedit
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Ive setup debugging of my boot sequence with the following commands:
bcdedit /bootdebug {bootmgr} on
bcdedit /bootdebug on
bcdedit /debug on
Where does BCDedit store debug ...
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Booting of Win 10 not possible, how to fix UEFI and/or bcdedit bootmgr?
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During the boot of my Win-10-Pro-system I get a BSOD Kmode_Exception_Not_Handled without further information provided. This results in a reboot. The error occurred after I had tried to edit ...
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How does Windows BCDEdit work with multiple drives?
BCDEdit lets you edit, add and delete boot options for Windows (10/11).
Doing the work to understand UEFI I found good video explaining the big picture of UEFI and two videos explaining how to fix the ...
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How to correctly boot into Windows D: drive after cloning
I've recently bought a new SSD and successfully cloned the old HDD and all it's partition to the SSD resulting in a C: and D: drive.
I've added a new boot entry with bcdedit by copying over the ...
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Unable to boot windows on cloned SSD, missing bcdedit file, c:\boot directory, etc
I am using HP Pavilion i7 6th gen machine. I bought and cloned an NVME m.2 SSD only to realise that my hardware supported just the SATA m.2 internally. I bought a NVME m.2 enclosure and cloned SSD ...
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BCDEdit: RecoverySequence is all zeros. Can't Enable WinRE
I'm having trouble enabling the Recovery Environment for my virtual W10 after making some changes in the BCD store. W10 will still boot, I just can't enable WinRE.
BCDEdit shows that the ...
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Clone Windows (11) to new SSD and dual-boot from new and old
I have added a secondary SSD to my laptop and cloned the disk with Clonezilla.
I call them SSD1 and SSD2.
Now I have two identical disks with Windows 11. But I'm not able to boot from the new ...
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Is there a way to copy the contents of an ISO file to a specific windows partition and boot from it?
I'm currently trying to accomplish the following from the windows command line / powershell - create a bootable partition from an ISO, add a boot entry for it and boot from it.
It's important to note ...
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How to set default BCD store location on UEFI system
I moved a Windows installation from one disk to another, using gparted. I manually created a new EFI partition using the bcdboot command.
The system boots fine, however, advanced startup options are ...
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Bitlocker is not asking for password after altering bcd
I'm using Windows Server so I needed to disable Hyper-V for using VMWare Workstation. I altered bcd to set "hypervisorlaunchtype off" and now Bitlocker is not asking for a password. I also ...
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Windows bcdedit stores config parameters in NVRAM? what does it mean?
In Win10 bcdedit /?, the help text says it will store boot configuration parameters in nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) entries.
Is that ridiculous? As far as I know, bcdedit stores configs in disk files.
To ...
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How to create Boot Menu Entry in UEFI Settings using bcdedit w/o copying existing {bootmgr}
Note – This thread How to add UEFI image boot option in BCDedit? is similar but the answer there is irrelevant as it does not describe my case.
This thread How remedy situation with two EFI ...
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Cloned Windows 10 won't boot
Issue: Windows 10 clones to same disk/different SSD won't boot.
Why: I've got a M.2 NVMe with the following structure:
300 MB Recovery Partition
100 MB EFI System Partition
Windows 8.1
Unallocated ...
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Windows 10 Install using WinPE on USB - Boot Loop After Applying Image
I am applying a Windows 10 wim image via WinPE which I captured using dism.
After the image has finished applying to the disk, if I forget to remove the USB flash drive from the USB port the device ...
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bcdedit.exe command giving strange error
Until yesterday i could use the command bcdedit /set testsigning on, so that i could start kernel mode drivers that are not signed, and then bcdedit /set testsigning off before shutting down, and i ...
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