After importing bcd

[cornfused]

how does one save the changes back to the imported bcd?


thank you
cornfused

[boyans.net]

It is not VERY clear what you are asking.

 

Importing a BCD means substituting current contents of "System" BCD with the contents of imported BCD.

You cannot revert the operation !

 

This is the help text for bcdedit /import:

 

C:\windows\system32>bcdedit /? /import
bcdedit /import <filename> [/clean]
This command restores the state of the system store using a backup data file
previously generated using the /export command.  Any existing entries in the
system store are deleted before the import takes place.  This command is only
valid for the system store.
    <filename>      The name of the file that is imported into the system store
                    If the filename contains spaces, it must be enclosed in
                    quotation marks ("").
    /clean          Specifies that all existing firmware boot entries should
                    be deleted (only affects EFI systems).
Example:
The following command imports the specified file into the system store.
    bcdedit /import "C:\Data\BCD Backup" /clean

 The contents of "system" BCD will be equal to contents of imported BCD after the operation finishes.

 

IF YOU MAKE SUBSEQUENT CHANGES TO "SYSTEM" BCD YOU CAN ALWAYS EXPORT(BACKUP/SAVE) TO A FILE

SAY "BCD_BACKUP_{current date and time}".

 

Note:

 

You don't need to import, edit and then export a BCD - just open the BCD you want to edit, all changes are written to that BCD not the "System" BCD.

 

So you can operate on "System BCD" by default

or

open a separate BCD and operate on that BCD (every change is written to BCD after you click on OK button), no need to save (export, backup).