However, renaming the existing BCD accomplishes the same thing since it's now unavailable to Windows, plus provides you yet another layer of backup, in addition to the export you did in Step 5, if you decide to undo your actions.Ħ. Note: You could delete the BCD file entirely since you're about to create a new one. Now that the BCD store is renamed, you should now be able to successfully rebuild it, as you tried to do in Step 3.
To rename the BCD store, execute the ren command as shown: Now that they're gone, you can manipulate the file more freely - specifically, rename it.ĥ. Those attributes restricted the actions you could take on the file. What you just did with the attrib command was remove the hidden, read-only, and system attributes from the file bcd. Meaning the BCD export worked as expected.Īt this point, you need to adjust several file attributes for the BCD store so you can manipulate it.Īt the prompt, execute the attrib command exactly like this: The command should return the following on screen: There's no need to specify a file extension. The bcdedit command is used here to export the BCD store as a file: bcdbackup.
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Finish up with Step 7 toward the bottom of the page.Ĥ.Since the BCD store exists and lists a Windows installation, you'll first have to "remove" it manually and then try to rebuild it again.Īt the prompt, execute the bcdedit command as shown and then press Enter: Option 2: Enter Y or Yes to the Add installation to boot list? question, after which you should see a The operation completed successfully message, followed by a blinking cursor at the prompt. That's fine, you'll just need to take a few extra steps to rebuild the BCD. This result most likely means that Windows installation data in the BCD store exists but bootrec couldn't find any additional installations of Windows on your computer to add to the BCD. Total identified Windows installations: 1Īdd installation to boot list? Yes/No/All: Total identified Windows installations: 0 Successfully scanned Windows installations. Please wait, since this may take a while. Scanning all disks for Windows installations. You should see one of the following messages at the command line. The bootrec command will search for Windows installations not included in the Boot Configuration Data and then ask you if you'd like to add one or more to it.Ģ.
At the prompt, type the bootrec command as shown below and then press Enter: Ensure you are at the command prompt X :\Sources>ġ. I would like to try out the following to see if this will help.