acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?

[Roedy Green]

I bought an Acer desktop with OEM vista. It comes without a DVD and
without BOOTSECT.exe the utility to fix boot sectors and patch them
back to Vista's multiboot scheme damaged by other multiboot programs.

Is there a way to download BOOTSECT.exe somewhere or the ISO image of
an install DVD?

MS offers a CD collection install discs for $13 but not the convenient
single DVD.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx
Acer has just ignored my many emails.


Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com

 

[Don]

I bought an Acer desktop with OEM vista. It comes without a DVD and
without BOOTSECT.exe the utility to fix boot sectors and patch them
back to Vista's multiboot scheme damaged by other multiboot programs.

Is there a way to download BOOTSECT.exe somewhere or the ISO image of
an install DVD?...

If you really need just that one file I'd be happy to email it to you or
upload it to an ftp site.
It's only 86KB. (There is one version for x86 and another for x64
machines.)

It really would be nice to download these utilities directly from MS,
though.

 

[Roedy Green]

If you really need just that one file I'd be happy to email it to you or
upload it to an ftp site.
It's only 86KB. (There is one version for x86 and another for x64
machines.)

It really would be nice to download these utilities directly from MS,
though.

thanks for the offer. A friend did just that already.
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com

 

[Don]

Hi Don,

Could you please mail me a copy of bootsect.exe file. I ran into
similay problem as Roedy.

I discovered after I wrote that offer that bootsect.exe is supplied
as part of VistaBootPro (vistabootpro.org), so that's the easiest
and safest way to get it. It's an excellent tool in itself.

 

[James Matthews]

As a side note how is it possible for a virus to be written to the boot
sector in windows Vista?

 

[Chad Harris]

As a side note how is it possible for a virus to be written to the boot
sector in windows Vista?

Hi James--

Say Hi to Stoned Angelina. Old viruses never die. They just come back
stoned.

A boot sector virus can occur on any OS.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/17/vista_hit_by_stoned_angelina/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/vbootkit_authors_interview/print.html

Best,

CH