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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
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/windowsvist...a/default.mspx Acer has just ignored my many emails. Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com |
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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
"Roedy Green" wrote in message
news 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. |
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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:50:33 -0800, "Don"
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : 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 |
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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
Roedy Green;169018 Wrote: On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:50:33 -0800, "Don" wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : 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 'Canadian Mind Products' (http://mindprod.com) Hi Don, Could you please mail me a copy of bootsect.exe file. I ran into similay problem as Roedy. Cheers Deepak. -- dshakya Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
dshakya wrote:
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. |
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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
Super, thanks for the link to www.vistabootpro.org. I'll use that Note I found the file here too, but considering it's not an official source it may contain virusses... http://www.2shared.com/file/2585881/.../bootsect.html and he http://www.4shared.com/file/21096766...ml?err=no-sess -- JamesR404 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JamesR404's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/57388.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-set...all/733922.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
As a side note how is it possible for a virus to be written to the boot
sector in windows Vista? -- http://www.astorandblack.com/ "JamesR404" wrote in message ... Super, thanks for the link to www.vistabootpro.org. I'll use that Note I found the file here too, but considering it's not an official source it may contain virusses... http://www.2shared.com/file/2585881/.../bootsect.html and he http://www.4shared.com/file/21096766...ml?err=no-sess -- JamesR404 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JamesR404's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/57388.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-set...all/733922.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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acquiring bootsect.exe or Vista install DVD iso image?
"James Matthews" wrote in message ... As a side note how is it possible for a virus to be written to the boot sector in windows Vista? -- http://www.astorandblack.com/ "JamesR404" wrote in message ... Super, thanks for the link to www.vistabootpro.org. I'll use that Note I found the file here too, but considering it's not an official source it may contain virusses... http://www.2shared.com/file/2585881/.../bootsect.html and he http://www.4shared.com/file/21096766...ml?err=no-sess -- JamesR404 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JamesR404's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/57388.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-set...all/733922.htm http://forums.techarena.in 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...oned_angelina/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04...iew/print.html Best, CH |