BootPrep Advanced Commands

5/10/2007

The following table shows advanced task code samples.

Task	Syntax
Display the online Help.	`A:\>BootPrep /?`
Copy the PARTITION BOOT sector to A:\Bootrec.old. Command runs in read-only mode.	`A:\>BootPrep /r`
Copy the PARTITION BOOT sector to A:\Bootrec.old and copy the master boot record sector to A:\Mbr.old. Command runs in read-only mode.	`A:\>BootPrep /r /mmbr.old`
Copy the PARTITION BOOT sector to A:\Bootrec.old. Command runs in read-only mode.	`A:\>BootPrep /r /m`
Copy the PARTITION BOOT sector of drive C to A:\Bootrec.old, and then replace it with a new PARTITION BOOT sector using internal data. Command runs in read/write mode.	`A:\>BootPrep`
Replace the PARTITION BOOT sector with a new sector using internal data. Command runs in read/write mode. The new sector is not saved because you have specified no output file for the old partition boot record.	`A:\>BootPrep /b.`
Copy the PARTITION BOOT sector of the F drive to A:\Bootrec.old, and then replace it with a new PARTITION BOOT sector using internal data. Command runs in read/write mode.	`A:\>BootPrep /dF.`
Copy the PARTITION BOOT sector of the C drive to A:\Bootrec.old, and then replace it with a new PARTITION BOOT sector from A:\SectFile.Sec. Command runs in read/write mode.	`A:\>BootPrep /iSectFile.sec.`
Automatically answer "Yes" to all questions. Command runs in read/write mode. This command copies the PARTITION BOOT sector of the C drive to A:\Bootrec.old, and then replaces it with a new PARTITION BOOT sector using internal data.	`A:\>BootPrep /y`

The following table shows examples of incorrectly formatted commands.

Syntax Result

Syntax	Result
`A:\>BootPrep /r /b /m`	Command runs in read-only mode. No action occurs because you have specified no output file for the partition boot record or the master boot record.
`A:\>BootPrep /r /b`	Command runs in read-only mode. No action occurs because you have specified no output file for the partition boot record.

A:\>BootPrep /r /b /m

Command runs in read-only mode.

No action occurs because you have specified no output file for the partition boot record or the master boot record.

A:\>BootPrep /r /b

Command runs in read-only mode.

No action occurs because you have specified no output file for the partition boot record.

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