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A few questions about the Master Boot Record (MBR)
(1) Is sector One (MBR) considered to be located in unallocated space
immediately before the first partition of the hard drive ???
(2) Using partion Magic, I notice that my first partition starts at sector
63 - what else is included on these 62 some odd sectors in front of the first
partition and is this space also considered unallocated space
(3) How can you obtain any info about the MBR (read it, view it, write it,
save it, copy it, etc) I am particularly interested in knowing how you can
copy or save the MBR and also how you can restore the MBR for cloning or
restoration purposes. Does Windows have any utilities for this?? Can anyone
recommend any other third party programs/utilities??
(4) Is the so called boot program in the MBR a standard type of program or
is it a specific program that is unique to your operating system??
(5) If you take a hard drive fully erased (the whole drive written to zero's
and you
partition the drive with partition magic (DOS version) before you do
anything else - is a fully functional MBR created at that point or is an MBR
only created when an operating system is installed??
(6) Although I have read several articles on MBR, some really good
references on this topic would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you for your time
(1) Is sector One (MBR) considered to be located in unallocated space
immediately before the first partition of the hard drive ???
(2) Using partion Magic, I notice that my first partition starts at sector
63 - what else is included on these 62 some odd sectors in front of the first
partition and is this space also considered unallocated space
(3) How can you obtain any info about the MBR (read it, view it, write it,
save it, copy it, etc) I am particularly interested in knowing how you can
copy or save the MBR and also how you can restore the MBR for cloning or
restoration purposes. Does Windows have any utilities for this?? Can anyone
recommend any other third party programs/utilities??
(4) Is the so called boot program in the MBR a standard type of program or
is it a specific program that is unique to your operating system??
(5) If you take a hard drive fully erased (the whole drive written to zero's
and you
partition the drive with partition magic (DOS version) before you do
anything else - is a fully functional MBR created at that point or is an MBR
only created when an operating system is installed??
(6) Although I have read several articles on MBR, some really good
references on this topic would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you for your time