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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 /set {default} safeboot minimal reboot To leave Safe Mode later:

bcdedit /deletevalue {default} safeboot Tired of missing the boot menu because the timeout is 2 seconds? bcedit

bcdedit /import C:\BCD_Backup If the command line makes you nervous, Microsoft offers a GUI tool called Visual BCD Editor (from the Windows SDK). But honestly, mastering these 5 commands puts you in the top 10% of Windows troubleshooters.

BCEDIT (Boot Configuration Data Editor) is a command-line tool that manages the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. In older versions of Windows (XP and earlier), this was the boot.ini file. Today, the BCD store is a more robust, firmware-independent database that controls how Windows boots. bcdedit /enum This lists every boot entry on your machine

We’ll cover how to use BCEDIT to repair the EFI partition when Windows says “Boot device not found.” (Spoiler: It involves bootrec /rebuildbcd ).

This creates a ntbtlog.txt file listing every driver that loads. bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal reboot To leave

One wrong parameter can render your PC unbootable. Backup is easy: