Saving an edited RAW file in PSE 8

After editing a RAW (.nef) file in the RAW Converter, I know I can save the changes as a .dng file (by clicking 'Save Image'). However if I click on 'Open Image' in order to use all of the Full Edit Tools to tweak the image, I can not figure out how to save that edited file as a RAW file. There are many options under 'Format' but none appear to be a RAW format. Even if I select Photoshop RAW format as an option, it does not create any type of RAW file with the changes. Am I missing a step here somewhere.

Hi,
We cannot write back to the original raw file.
As one of the other users has indicated above in his post, when you adjust a RAW image in the RAW converter you are already editing the decoded RAW data. The changes that you make on the camera raw dialog box are stored either in a database or in a sidecar .xmp file. The original raw files remains untouched. When you reopen the image, the sidecar file is also read and the changes are made accordingly and shown to the user.
Thanks,
Tarun

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