

The rest of the options are pretty much self-explanatory. It also fixed those old NDLTR missing issues, as well. Also, I believe, it writes a new boot sector to the system partition mostly, if the boot sector was replaced with a non-standard boot sector or if it was damaged some time. Use this option, when you need to resolve MBR corruption issues, or when you have to remove non-standard code from the MBR. Repair MBR & Boot Records: Just like the name suggests, it can repair your Master Boot Record. Restore / Import BCD : If something goes wrong you can use this option to restore your BCD if you have done a backup before For example, if you have Windows 7 and Windows 10, you need to choose Windows 10.īackup / Export BCD : This option will help you back up your BCD, it’s best that you back up your BCD before making any minor changes Remember, always select the installed OS that is updated. Before you proceed, you need to select the drive you have the BCD, the path of your Windows folder, language, and firmware (BIOS-MBR or EFI firmware). The utility will check the BCD for incorrect parameters or any sort of error, and it will correct it. Repair BCD: It does exactly as the name suggests.

I’ll go over the options to explain what it does. There are some really useful commands in this tool that will help you fix and repair MBR, PBR, BCD, and the disk structure. Today, I’ll discuss a portable utility called Dual Boot Repair Tool. For example, most of the Disk Management software will have some command build into it – like MBR repair, etc. So if you want to repair your BCD, there are a lot of applications that help you make this process easier.

A small mistake can make your operational system un-bootable. But the problem with this command is that it’s not very user-friendly for an average user who is trying to fix something. There are a lot more you can do with BCDEdit.exe. Some of the operations we can perform using BCDEdit.exe are: Most of the System Administrators use the command line utility called BCDEdit.exe, which helps the user to modify, create, edit delete entries from Boot Configuration Data. One of the main reasons Microsoft upgraded from Boot.ini to BCD was to improve the working and introduce new features like Startup Repair Tool, Multi-User Install shortcuts, etc. On EFI-based operating system, you’ll find the entry in the EFI firmware boot manager, which is located at \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Bootmgfw.efi. In earlier versions of Windows, it was stored in the Boot. BCD contains boot configuration parameters on how to start your Windows operating system. The source of most of the unbootable situations on Windows 10/8/7 is caused by a misconfiguration or even corrupted Boot Configuration Data files, otherwise known as BCD.
