bootsect.bak

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To restore Vista MBR after installing w2k one need to run bootsect.exe which
is said to reside on Vista installation DVD. My HP Pavilion computer arrived
with pre-installed Vista and with no installation DVD, just a recover
partition with no bootsect.exe.
However there is bootsect.bak on C drive (8K)
Is it a back up for bootsect.exe and can I run it for the above purpose?
 
To restore Vista MBR after installing w2k one need to run bootsect.exe which
is said to reside on Vista installation DVD. My HP Pavilion computer arrived
with pre-installed Vista and with no installation DVD, just a recover
partition with no bootsect.exe.
However there is bootsect.bak on C drive (8K)
Is it a back up for bootsect.exe and can I run it for the above purpose?
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No and no. Bootsect.bak is a copy of the old boot sector that is saved
to a file when Vista is installed. It's equivalent to bootsect.dos
that is created when Windows 2000/XP is installed.
 

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