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/export
bcdedit /export C:\exportBCDfile
bcdedit
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {0} displayorder {current} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Microsoft Windows Vista locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {0} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {0} nx OptIn
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bcdedit.exe
bcdedit /?
/createstore
/import
/create
/delete
/deletevalue
/set
/default
/timeout
bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "Windows XP"
bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=C:
bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr
bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast