Can I repair the Master Boot Record (MBR) or Volume Boot Record (aka Windows boot partition) for Windows XP using Windows Vista/7 commands?

I have an SSD drive whose file system is corrupt and unreadable and it's OS of choice is Windows XP SP3 32-bit. I don't have a Windows XP disc.
Is it possible to repair the Master Boot Record (MBR) or Volume Boot Record (VBR) using a Windows Vista or 7 Recovery Disc? What about a Windows PE disc?
I researched around the Internet and found a command in Windows PE called bootsect (http://pcsupport.about.com/od/bios-booting/ht/bootsect-nt60.htm) that can repair both older and new Windows Volume Boot Code (NTLDR or BOOTMGR). The link states that the
bootsect command does NOT fix the MBR. Even the technet site here lists a reference to bootsect and that it can repair the MBR of both old and new versions of Windows (which doesn't appear to be correct). Can I use bootsect to restore the VBR of XP?
If bootsect cannot help me, then what is its purpose? Possible ex: Someone has a dual-boot XP and 7 system, the user uninstalls XP, and then uses bootsect to write BOOTMGR to the VBC.
I would appreciate any insight. Again, I don't have an XP disc. But I do have a WinPE disc and Win 7 Recovery disc and I was hoping I could fix my XP MBR and/or Windows VBR with one of the two.
Thank you.

Checked these ?
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx?mfr=true
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/repairmbr.htm
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