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Master Boot Record (MBR) explained

By AnalogDuck
Created 2006-02-14 12:24

A very good article on how the MBR works can be found here [1].

Historically, in Microsoft-land, the MBR has been repaired using a DOS boot floppy and the command fdisk. However, the command fdisk is incompatible-with-Windows NT/2000/XP.

In walks "MBR Fix [2]". It's free and it works from Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 command prompt, and so is perfectly suited for use in removable operating systems (ERD Commander, BartPE, WinPE, etc.) You can download it here [3].

Source URL:
http://www.analogduck.com/main/main/mbr

Links:
[1] http://www.ata-atapi.com/hiwmbr.htm
[2] http://www.sysint.no/Nedlasting/MbrFix.htm
[3] http://www.sysint.no/en/Download.aspx