Squilliam on 15 October 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529/
That has some interesting info.
I don't think it has anything to do with the boot record. Windows installation disks already come with the FDisk utilities needed to fix any boot sector problems you may have. I think your problems may be elsewhere. Try turning off any 'RAID' or 'AHCI' functions in BIOS.
Tease.
