Comments on: Bootsect.exe Modifies the Bootsector Not the MBR!! http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/ Connecting Ideas Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mtn_lion http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-482334 mtn_lion Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:42:55 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-482334 Feb. 2010 and your post is still saving people's bacon! THANK YOU. Server 2008 x64, cloned partitions so I could reconfigure RAID, then couldn't get the cloned system to boot. bootrec--the golden key. Feb. 2010 and your post is still saving people’s bacon! THANK YOU. Server 2008 x64, cloned partitions so I could reconfigure RAID, then couldn’t get the cloned system to boot. bootrec–the golden key.

]]> By: Jow http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-478518 Jow Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:45:28 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-478518 My problem is still unsolved. The OS (win7) is booted from a different HDD then the OS is on. Until now nothing could fix that. I wonder whether there is a fix out there at all. If interested, here my post: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/4206-63-win7-boots-drive#t25673 My problem is still unsolved. The OS (win7) is booted from a different HDD then the OS is on. Until now nothing could fix that. I wonder whether there is a fix out there at all.

If interested, here my post:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/4206-63-win7-boots-drive#t25673

]]> By: Jeroen http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-465517 Jeroen Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:24:37 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-465517 Thank you very much, your tip just saved me from a lot of trouble! Gratefully thankful! Thank you very much, your tip just saved me from a lot of trouble! Gratefully thankful!

]]> By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-465151 Mahmoud Al-Qudsi Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:29:49 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-465151 The /mbr flag has been added in Windows 7, and this article only applies to Windows Vista (notice that it was published over 2 years ago!!) The /mbr flag has been added in Windows 7, and this article only applies to Windows Vista (notice that it was published over 2 years ago!!)

]]> By: tt http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-465098 tt Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:58:25 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-465098 then what's bootsect /mbr mean? then what’s bootsect /mbr mean?

]]> By: Geckoid http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-438740 Geckoid Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:13:56 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-438740 I have the same problem as Marcus and Vingevam. Going quietly crazy trying to find a solution. Any suggestions. Vingevam, you said you updated the BIOS. What settings did you specifically change? I have the same problem as Marcus and Vingevam.

Going quietly crazy trying to find a solution. Any suggestions. Vingevam, you said you updated the BIOS. What settings did you specifically change?

]]> By: vingevam http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-399023 vingevam Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:59:31 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-399023 AHA! I updated the bios, now it booted. Finito - stick a fork in me, im done. AHA!
I updated the bios, now it booted. Finito – stick a fork in me, im done.

]]> By: vingevam http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-399005 vingevam Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:40:17 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-399005 Marcus, got the same problem here got a laptop that im trying to put WS08 on and it wont boot at all. Think it might have something to do with the laptop not allowing mbr to be written onto but no clues except that... plus the bios doesnt even show that option. Spent several days on this and no luck, going crazy.. tried everything Marcus, got the same problem here

got a laptop that im trying to put WS08 on and it wont boot at all. Think it might have something to do with the laptop not allowing mbr to be written onto but no clues except that… plus the bios doesnt even show that option.

Spent several days on this and no luck, going crazy.. tried everything

]]> By: Marcus http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-396331 Marcus Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:28:07 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-396331 What does it mean if you run bootrec /rebuildbcd and it returns "Scanning all disks for Windows installations. Please wait, since this may take a while... Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0 The operation completed successfully." Does this mean that something is bunged up in the bootsector, not the MBR? Cheers! What does it mean if you run
bootrec /rebuildbcd and it returns
“Scanning all disks for Windows installations.

Please wait, since this may take a while…

Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total identified Windows installations: 0
The operation completed successfully.”

Does this mean that something is bunged up in the bootsector, not the MBR?

Cheers!

]]> By: maverick3112000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-368974 maverick3112000 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:02:26 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-368974 Dude you are awesome... I was seconds away from nuking the grub monster. thank you very much!!!!! Dude you are awesome… I was seconds away from nuking the grub monster. thank you very much!!!!!

]]> By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-315193 Mahmoud Al-Qudsi Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:24:36 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-315193 Whoever wrote that article doesn't pay attention to the details. The steps outlined in that MS KB *will* work since the MBR code for Windows XP and Windows Vista is the same (or at any rate, compatible) - so you just need to update the bootsector of the active partition... but that doesn't mean they get the right to say that bootsect updates the MBR when it doesn't. Worse still, later down they claim bootsect does even more stuff it isn't capable of. <blockquote>Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Windows Vista MBR and the boot code that transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program.</blockquote> First half of the sentence is flat-out wrong. Second half is correct, and refers to the bootsector. <blockquote>Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Ntldr program.</blockquote> Wrong. Bootsect doesn't restore NTLDR, you have to put it on the right partition yourself. Using the /nt52 flag like they did restores the code <em>that calls NTLDR</em> instead of bootmgr to the bootsector, but not the NTLDR files themselves. <blockquote>After the computer restarts, it does not load the Windows Boot Manager program. Instead, Netldr.exe loads and Boot.ini loads.</blockquote> Netldr? it's called NTLDR, and though it's an executable file, it's written in x86 ASM and doesn't have a .exe extension. I wonder how on earth this article passed Microsoft's QA checks.... It's far below the level of quality in other KB articles which are usually double- and triple-checked for accuracy and consistency. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, btw. I've let MS know though.. hopefully they'll fix it sometime soon. Whoever wrote that article doesn’t pay attention to the details.

The steps outlined in that MS KB *will* work since the MBR code for Windows XP and Windows Vista is the same (or at any rate, compatible) – so you just need to update the bootsector of the active partition… but that doesn’t mean they get the right to say that bootsect updates the MBR when it doesn’t.

Worse still, later down they claim bootsect does even more stuff it isn’t capable of.

Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Windows Vista MBR and the boot code that transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program.

First half of the sentence is flat-out wrong. Second half is correct, and refers to the bootsector.

Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Ntldr program.

Wrong. Bootsect doesn’t restore NTLDR, you have to put it on the right partition yourself. Using the /nt52 flag like they did restores the code that calls NTLDR instead of bootmgr to the bootsector, but not the NTLDR files themselves.

After the computer restarts, it does not load the Windows Boot Manager program. Instead, Netldr.exe loads and Boot.ini loads.

Netldr? it’s called NTLDR, and though it’s an executable file, it’s written in x86 ASM and doesn’t have a .exe extension.

I wonder how on earth this article passed Microsoft’s QA checks…. It’s far below the level of quality in other KB articles which are usually double- and triple-checked for accuracy and consistency.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, btw. I’ve let MS know though.. hopefully they’ll fix it sometime soon.

]]> By: sam http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-315081 sam Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:19:35 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-315081 Just for the record, this KB article at Microsoft says that bootsect WILL fix the MBR: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529 So even if you did do your research, you might still come up with the wrong information (straight from the horse's mouth :)). Sam Just for the record, this KB article at Microsoft says that bootsect WILL fix the MBR:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529

So even if you did do your research, you might still come up with the wrong information (straight from the horse’s mouth :) ).

Sam

]]> By: Sepok http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-309464 Sepok Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:09:44 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-309464 Thanks1!!!11oneone (just to express how thankful Iam) I have had trouble with the MBR since I installed Linux (don't know why, don't care) as it wouldn't boot because the MBR was corrupt, atlast I can fix this huge problem!!!♦ Thanks1!!!11oneone (just to express how thankful Iam)
I have had trouble with the MBR since I installed Linux (don’t know why, don’t care) as it wouldn’t boot because the MBR was corrupt, atlast I can fix this huge problem!!!♦

]]> By: Stefan, .ro http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-289285 Stefan, .ro Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:52:33 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-289285 you guys saved my day. 10x you guys saved my day.

10x

]]> By: Nicklaus http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-231903 Nicklaus Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:21:35 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/bootsectexe-modifies-the-bootsector-not-the-mbr/#comment-231903 I downloaded and burned the iso image. Under \boot there's not bootrec.exe. All I find (on D:\boot) is: bootfix.bin bcd boot.sdi Nicklaus I downloaded and burned the iso image. Under \boot there’s not bootrec.exe. All I find (on D:\boot) is:
bootfix.bin
bcd
boot.sdi
Nicklaus

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