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bcdboot — Configure or repair boot files. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/manu

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Problem

How to use the bcdboot command: Configure or repair boot files. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di>.

Solution

bcdboot — Configure or repair boot files. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di>.

Initialize the system partition by using BCD files from the source Windows folder:

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}}

Enable [v]erbose mode:

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}} /v

Specify the volume letter of the [s]ystem partition:

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}} /s {{S:}}

Specify a [l]ocale:

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}} /l {{en-us}}

Specify a [f]irmware type while copying the boot files to a specified volume:

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}} /s {{S:}} /f {{UEFI|BIOS|ALL}}

Code Snippets

Initialize the system partition by using BCD files from the source Windows folder

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}}

Enable [v]erbose mode

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}} /v

Specify the volume letter of the [s]ystem partition

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}} /s {{S:}}

Specify a [l]ocale

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}} /l {{en-us}}

Specify a [f]irmware type while copying the boot files to a specified volume

bcdboot {{C:\Windows}} /s {{S:}} /f {{UEFI|BIOS|ALL}}

Context

tldr-pages: windows/bcdboot

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