2 Boot records in Windows ?

sfleury · May 13, 2026

Hello
After a repair of an unbootable Windows 11 system ( with the command bcdboot i:\Windows /s i: /f all
it seems that now, at the BIOS level, I have 2 boot records that boo to the same Windows !
Is that normal ? Could I suppress one of them ? If the answer is "Yes", how should I proceed ?

Thanks for any help Have a good day

FreeBooter · May 13, 2026

Can you post screenshot of Disk Manager?

Celery · May 13, 2026

sfleury said:
bcdboot i:\Windows /s i: /f all

The command bcdboot i:\Windows /s i: /f all copies both UEFI and BIOS boot files (/f all) from the Windows installation at i:\Windows to the target system partition i: (/s i:) and creates a new Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store there.

BCDBOOT <source> [/s <volume letter> [/f <firmware type>]]

- On a GPT disk, the system partition is the EFI system partition.
- On an MBR disk, the system partition is the active partition on the primary disk, either the System Reserved partition or the Windows partition.

Edit:

The command bcdboot i:\Windows /s i: /f all does not work on a UEFI system.

The following command works on a UEFI system:

bcdboot x:\windows /s z: /f uefi

- replace "x" with the Windows partition letter
- /s z: refers to the EFI partition you assigned previously

sfleury · May 13, 2026

So it c reates a NEW boot record
But can I dele te one of them (to avoid confusion later) and have a "clean" disk ?
Thanks

Celery · May 13, 2026

As FreeBooter mentioned: Can you post screenshot of Disk Management?

sfleury · May 13, 2026

Thanks
as required : sc reen caprures of Disk ment and Easus Partition Manager

Celery · May 13, 2026

Your EaseUS Partition Manager screenshot shows that the disk is configured in RAID mode. Since I am not familiar with RAID-based Windows boot configurations, I cannot reliably advise you further.

FreeBooter · May 13, 2026

Does msconfig at Boot tab show more than one Windows 11 entire?

kelper · May 13, 2026

You could download EasyBCD as it makes it easy to safely remove entries.

https://neosmart.net/Download/Register

Select 'Edit Boot Menu, highlight an entry and click on 'Delete'.

Celery · May 13, 2026

sfleury said:
it seems that now, at the BIOS level, I have 2 boot records that boot to the same Windows !

Do you mean that the motherboard’s boot menu (Asus F8) shows two Windows Boot Manager entries (that is, two firmware boot entries stored in UEFI NVRAM), or that the Windows boot menu shows two operating systems (entries in the BCD store)?

NormanF · May 13, 2026

Its usually safe to delete an OS you don't use. Don't delete anything else if you don't know what you're doing.

sfleury · May 13, 2026

A t the BIOS level (immediately after I press th e DEL key), I can chosse between 2 identical entries that finally boo the same Windows 11 system
loned the complete Sys tem SSD to another SSD (in order to have a backup) and when I try to boot on this "backup", I have the same problrem

Celery · May 13, 2026

Asus motherboard:
- Del key: Enter UEFI/BIOS settings
- F8 key: Boot Menu (also called the one-time boot menu)

You cloned your Windows system SSD to another SSD, and now the UEFI one-time boot menu (F8) shows two Windows Boot Manager entries?

sfleury · May 13, 2026

Y es
1) The "source" sy stem on SSD show 2 Boot entries when clicking on F8
2) and of cou rse after the cloning, the "cloned" SSD shows 2 entries

Is there a way to remove the second entry on the "source" SSD ? If "yes", how to proceed ?

Thanks Good evening

Celery · May 13, 2026

ChatGPT:

You can remove the unwanted firmware entry either:

from the BIOS/UEFI boot management interface (if Asus exposes a delete option), or

from Windows using bcdedit /enum firmware followed by bcdedit /delete {identifier}

Be careful to delete only the duplicate entry.

Edit:

The image shows the Boot Option Priorities screen of an ASRock motherboard.

I do not know whether your Asus motherboard has the "Disabled" option shown in the image.

HeavyHemi · May 13, 2026

sfleury said:
Y es
1) The "source" sy stem on SSD show 2 Boot entries when clicking on F8
2) and of cou rse after the cloning, the "cloned" SSD shows 2 entries

Is there a way to remove the second entry on the "source" SSD ? If "yes", how to proceed ?

Thanks Good evening

I believe post #9 answers your question.

Celery · May 13, 2026

The OP wants to remove an unwanted UEFI firmware boot entry stored in NVRAM, not a Windows boot menu entry in the BCD store.

GPT Disk Boot Process (UEFI-based booting):

1. UEFI firmware performs the POST (Power-On Self-Test).
2. UEFI checks the system's NVRAM for boot entries.
3. A boot entry (usually named "Windows Boot Manager") points to \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi on the EFI system partition.
4. bootmgfw.efi is the Windows Boot Manager, which loads and reads the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store from the same EFI system partition.
5. Based on BCD settings, it launches winload.efi, the OS loader for UEFI-based systems, to start Windows.

sfleury · May 14, 2026

Thanks for the information
I'm looking at the problem with EasyBCD 2.4 and it seems that (with caution !) could solve the problem and help me to delete the useless entry
I used Windows for a long time but never had this problem - It would be good to have a detailed explanation of the Windows boot mechanism and architecture - May be there is some good explanation somewhere !
Thanks for your time and your patience

Celery · May 14, 2026

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HeavyHemi · May 14, 2026

Celery said:
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