Messed up Windows Boot Partition Installing Linux

I have rEFlt installed and I had put the Windows 7 x64 RC on my 13 inch MacBook Pro. I shrunk the partition and installed Ubuntu alongside it and now when I try to boot Windows it tells me there is a corrupt file in the BCD (which is the windows boot sector). I have this problem a lot messing with partitions so I stuck the RC in my computer and booted it and when I tried to access the repair tool it said this computer's install disc doesn't match the Windows installation (it's the exact same disc, I tried the Vista disc too and it gave me the same error). I tried supergrub and it didn't boot into it right so I can never access the right stuff. I was wondering if there's a program I can pull from the internet or something to run in OS X that fixes the BCD. My Ubuntu partition works (sort of, Ubuntu is definitely not meant for Macs) and I tried running ms-sys or something by that name and it wouldn't compile right. I'm out of ideas and I would like to have Windows 7 working...

Figured it out. I have an odd feeling no one would have been able to help me anyway lol

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