BOOTSECT.DAT

[Stubby]

Can anyone tell me where to obtain this file? Or, how to construct it?
I need it so I can boot a DOS 6.22 partition. The file is not on
that partition and is not on my Win2KP partition. TIA

 

[Dave Patrick]

I think it gets created when you install the recovery console as a startup
option.

When you dualboot Win9x (or DOS) and Windows 2000; Windows 2000 creates a
file named bootsect.dos; if you select an operating system other than
Windows 2000, NTLDR loads bootsect.dos and passes control to it. The
operating system then starts up as normal, because bootsect.dos contains the
boot sector that was on the primary partition before you installed Windows
2000

The short answer is you install DOS on the primary active partition, then
install Windows 2000

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| Can anyone tell me where to obtain this file? Or, how to construct it?
| I need it so I can boot a DOS 6.22 partition. The file is not on
| that partition and is not on my Win2KP partition. TIA

 

[John John]

The file is different for each computer. You can create the file then
fix the Windows 2000 startup files to regain dual boot capabilities.
Before you begin make yourself a Windows 2000 Emergency Repair Disk, you
will be able to use it for the repair process. See the instructions
here, but use a DOS 6.22 boot disk instead of the Windows 98 mentioned
in the article, to create a proper bootsect.dat you need the proper sys
files.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mosaddique/Repair Corrupt or Missing Boot Sector.html

These may also help:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=153762
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/101789/

John

 

[Stubby]

Thanks, All. Very helpful.

The file is different for each computer. You can create the file then
fix the Windows 2000 startup files to regain dual boot capabilities.
Before you begin make yourself a Windows 2000 Emergency Repair Disk, you
will be able to use it for the repair process. See the instructions
here, but use a DOS 6.22 boot disk instead of the Windows 98 mentioned
in the article, to create a proper bootsect.dat you need the proper sys
files.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mosaddique/Repair Corrupt or Missing Boot Sector.html


These may also help:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=153762
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/101789/

John

 

[John John]

You're welcome

John

Thanks, All. Very helpful.

 

[Robert Roland]

Can anyone tell me where to obtain this file? Or, how to construct it?
I need it so I can boot a DOS 6.22 partition. The file is not on
that partition and is not on my Win2KP partition.

If you have (or can make) another machine with a working DOS boot
sector, you can use HDHacker to dump the boot sector from that. The
other machine can, of course, also be a virtual one.

HDHacker is freeware and can be downloaded from the author's we site:
http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/