If you want to get into more specifics about a particular command-line switch, you
can type in BCDEdit.exe /?
where command is any of the available switches.
For example, if you want to learn more about the export switch, you can type this:
BCDEdit.exe /? /export
The most basic command you??™ll need to know lets you retrieve your current configuration:
BCDEdit.exe /enum
This command shows your global Windows Boot Manager settings along with settings
associated with each of your Windows OS Loaders. You can see the output of this
command on a dual-boot Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 computer in
Figure 1-11. You can clearly see the display order for the menu items, the default boot
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loader, and the timeout. For each of the boot loaders, you can see their unique identifier,
device path, and any options (BCD elements) that have been specified.
You can specify additional parameters with the /enum switch to control what is
displayed, such as displaying only the Windows Boot Manager section or getting information
about a particular boot loader. One of the most useful additional switches
to /enum is the /v switch. This switch shows all entry identifiers in full GUID form
rather than their user-friendly aliases. The identifiers are in GUID format??”for example,
{0f732d04-e6b2-11da-b631-b722247cd703}.
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