Bootsect.bak

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To restore the Vista MBR after installing an pre-Vista Windows one needs to
run Bootsect.exe which is said to reside on Vista installation DVD.
My HP Pavilion computer arrived with Vista preinstalled with no DVD but with
a partition on HD with some recovery files on it. No Bootsect.exe among
them.
At the same time there is a file called Bootsect.bak ( 8 K in size) in the
root of C drive. Is it a back up of Bootsect.exe, and can I use it for the
above purpose?
 
No, bootsect.bak isn't Bootsect.exe. A copy of bootsect.exe was included in
version 3.1 of VistaBootPRO in their Program Files folder. It can be found
here:

http://www.vistabootpro.org/index-changelog.php




"aa" <aa@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> To restore the Vista MBR after installing an pre-Vista Windows one needs
> to run Bootsect.exe which is said to reside on Vista installation DVD.
> My HP Pavilion computer arrived with Vista preinstalled with no DVD but
> with a partition on HD with some recovery files on it. No Bootsect.exe
> among them.
> At the same time there is a file called Bootsect.bak ( 8 K in size) in the
> root of C drive. Is it a back up of Bootsect.exe, and can I use it for the
> above purpose?
 
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:45:38 -0500, HaZe303 <guest@unknown-email.com>
wrote:

>
>BOOTSECT.BAK, do i need it, what is its purpose`??

Google it. See what you find.
 
without researching at all, I would speculate from the name it is a boot
sector backup file.
if there is a bootsect.exe or bootsect.sys or bootsect,.dll, etc. that file
is a previous version.
if you uninstall whatever program created it, the bootsect.*** will be
restored to the previous settings.

"HaZe303" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> BOOTSECT.BAK, do i need it, what is its purpose`??
>
>
> --
> HaZe303
 
Not Me739417 Wrote:
> without researching at all, I would speculate from the name it is a boot
> sector backup file.
> if there is a bootsect.exe or bootsect.sys or bootsect,.dll, etc. that
> file
> is a previous version.
> if you uninstall whatever program created it, the bootsect.*** will be
> restored to the previous settings.
>

Its a file that Vista creates, I always have it. Every install of vista
has it. So its not from any 3rd party software or even from vista´s
software. I think its somekind of backup of the bootsector?? If i open
the file with notepad, this is the only thing readable:
A disk read error occurred
BOOTMGR is missing
BOOTMGR is compressed
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart


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HaZe303
 
It is the backup of the boot sector made by Windows. Leave it alone.

"HaZe303" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> BOOTSECT.BAK, do i need it, what is its purpose`??
>
>
> --
> HaZe303
 
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