MBR

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Andre De Clercq

What happens with the MBR on a disk which was used before as system disk and
has not been formatted, but only files deleted. Is it still recognized as a
system disk?
 
The MBR can not be deleted by normal means so even if you delete all
the files on the volume, the MBR is intact. You would have to use the
FDISK -MBR option or a 3rd party tool to destroy the MBR. Installing
the System on another volume would also work (not sure if it actually
destroys the old one, maybe just updates the pointer to the new MBR??)
 
What happens with the MBR on a disk which was used before as
system disk and
has not been formatted, but only files deleted. Is it still
recognized as a
system disk?
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Well, it isnt the MBR that determins which partion is classed as "the
system disk" by windows, windows determins this by looking at which
partion windows is running off. And if you leave the MBR on a dist it
wont hurt it, it’s just that if you set your BIOS to boot that drive
it wont boot even though it found the boot record.
 
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