If you can’t reach the desktop, boot from a USB drive, open CMD, and type:
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Always back up your BCD store before making changes. If you can’t reach the desktop, boot from
bcdedit /enum This lists every boot entry on your machine. You’ll see {current} (your running OS), {default} (the one that boots automatically), and {memdiag} (Windows Memory Diagnostic). Look for the description field to identify your OS. bcdedit /enum This lists every boot entry on your machine
Mastering BCEDIT: The Power Tool for Windows Boot Configuration
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup To restore:
If you’ve ever debugged a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), tried to dual-boot Linux, or needed to boot into Safe Mode without mashing the F8 key, you’ve probably stumbled across BCEDIT . To the average user, it looks like cryptic command-line noise. To IT pros and power users, it’s the master key to the Windows boot process.