You’d like to rebuild the boot sector of a computer from a Windows XP recovery console. What recovery console utility can be used to rebuild the boot sector?
A) ntdetect
B) bootcfg
C) ntldr
D) fixboot
The answer: D) fixboot
The recovery console is a very useful feature, and many of the console commands can make the difference when troubleshooting a difficult problem. As long as you have the administrator password, the fixboot command can quickly rebuild a boot sector.
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