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      07-10-2007
I have downloaded version 3.1 of VistaBootPRO and installed it and run
search for bootsect.exe - it returned nothing.
Where is it? I have setting to show hidden system files.
The relevant Program Files folder located at
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs contains three
shorcuts.
Where exactly shall I look for bootsect.exe ?



"dean-dean" <dean-> wrote in message
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> 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" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> 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?

>


 
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      07-10-2007
Try looking under this folder, using Windows Explorer:

C:\Program Files\PROnetworks\VistaBootPRO 3.1


"aa" <> wrote in message
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>I have downloaded version 3.1 of VistaBootPRO and installed it and run
>search for bootsect.exe - it returned nothing.
> Where is it? I have setting to show hidden system files.
> The relevant Program Files folder located at
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs contains three
> shorcuts.
> Where exactly shall I look for bootsect.exe ?
>
>
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> 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" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> 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?

>>

>


 
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