MBR Backup

[ColaBoy]

Im in the process of completely a pc reapir course and one of the things thats mentioned is backing up your MBR just in case it gets corrupted. How can I do this?

[liljim]

here's something that might help you with that

http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/mbrtool.htm

[icecube]

Basicly what this is for, is a multipartitioned disk, or dual boot disk. There are program overlays that allow you to make a hard drive jump through hoops, like Speedstor.

As a tech, you need to know that the "fdisk /mbr" command should not be used to restore the master boot record on an overlay or a dual booting system.

Here is a page from MS on it.



Usually you will run accross this issue after the fact. The person runs "fdisk /mbr" on a overlay or dual booting system and wants you to fix it

For most cases, "fdisk /mbr" should get the drive back into shape if the MBR gets messed up--viruses use to mess with the MBR a lot.

[ColaBoy]

Thanks guys.

[ColaBoy]

[icecube]

[ColaBoy]

k. Thanks for the advice Ice.