Topic: bcdedit

• Windows boot troubleshooting: WinRE, reagentc and the BCD store

  The Windows Recovery Environment provides Startup Repair and a command prompt when Windows fails to boot; reagentc reports and controls whether WinRE is active, and bcdedit reads and edits the Boot Configuration Data store that controls what boots and how — back it up with bcdedit /export before changing it.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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