Difference between bootrec and bootsect

[CmptrPrgmr]

Just as the title says, I want to know what is the difference between the bootrec and bootsect commands on the windows 7 repair console?

Is bootrec /fixboot or /fixmbr the same thing as if you were to do bootsect /nt52 or /nt60 all?

[Tomoko]

Bootsect.exe repairs the boot sector and nothing else. Bootrec.exe can do this too, but it can also repair the MBR and rebuild the boot manager (BCD). So why does bootsect.exe even exist since bootrec.exe can do it's job and more? I don't know. :laugh:

By the way the three command switches you can use are:

bootrec.exe /fixmbr

bootrec.exe /fixboot

bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd

[+BudMan MVC]

why do they both exist? Because there are some common features - not everything that bootsect can do can bootrec do, and vise versa.

For example bootrec can not do /nt52 which is for using NTLDR vs BootMGR

[Skyfrog]

Curious why they don't just roll all the features into one of them, but I guess they have their reasons. :)

[skan]

Hello

Let's add some more ingredients:

bootsect , bootrec and bcdboot.

Which one is not needed anymore? or Which one can do all?

Which one does the same than EasyBCD?

regards

[ingramator]

Hello

Let's add some more ingredients:

bootsect , bootrec and bcdboot.

Which one is not needed anymore? or Which one can do all?

Which one does the same than EasyBCD?

regards

You need all of them! I use bcdboot more then the others for making bootable images of Windows. Not entirely sure why don't build them into one package but I'm sure MS engineers have some reason albeit because of it just "Always being like that".