bootsect not working


  1. Posts : 280
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #1

    bootsect not working


    I hope I'm just overlooking a "duh" somewhere that someone else will catch.

    I routinely install both XP and Windows 7 images I've captured with imagex using my Windows 7 based Windows PE disk.

    Everything works just like it should except for bootsect on a freshly imaged Windows 7. I can use, and have successfully used, bcdboot so it's no loss if I can't make bootsect work. It just bugs me that I seem to be missing something.

    The exact command line I'm using is:

    bootsect /nt60 c:
    I've also used "all" instead of "c:" to no avail.

    What am I missing ???

    Thanks to anyone who can help.
      My Computer

  2.    #2

    Bootsect is not included in the installed version of 7 , tho it is on the Win7 DVD/Repair CD or winre you can boot from the F8 Repair my Computer option.

    It is also included in Easybcd: EasyBCD 2.0.2 - NeoSmart Technologies

    In Easybcd , click "Useful Utilities" then Power Console ( the black box like command window), type:

    bootsect /nt60 <whatever the 7 drive letter is>:

    then press enter.

    Mark 7 partition Active.

    Restart and you're done.

    Using DVD/Repair CD/WinRE Command Line, mark 7 partition Active, go to command prompt, type:

    Diskpart

    lis vol

    ( get the 7 drive letter - it might be different from WinRe)

    exit.

    Then:

    bootsect /nt60 <whatever the 7 drive letter is>:

    press enter

    Restart - that's it.
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 280
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    That's the way it's supposed to work, yeah. It's just not working. Thanks anyway.
      My Computer


 

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