Master Boot Record (MBR) is a type of boot sector popularized by the IBM Personal Computer. It consists of a sequence of 512 bytes located at the first sector of a data storage device such as a hard disk.
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Migrating Windows 7 to new hard drive/partition
So, I'be managed to migrate my Windows 7 data over from /dev/sdb3 to a new partition on /dev/sdc1 using ntfsclone. I managed to resize the volume size to match the new partition size. I also used ...
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How do I restore Windows 7 Master Boot Disk Record without CD Drive? [duplicate]
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Restore Win 7 MBR without Recovery/Install Disc
This is how to restore Windows 7 MBR (relies on CD Drive).
But I need to do this with a netbook, how do I restore the MBR ...
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Copy just the 64 byte partition table using dd
Given:
===MBR INFO===
MBR SECTOR NAME BYTES
code area 440(max. 446)
disk signature (optional) 4
Usually nulls; 0x0000 2
Table of primary partitions 64(Four ...
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MBR seems to be gone
So, horror story for everyone.
I bought two spanking new HDD's. MM!! Gbitage.
I removed all my old HDD's, physically labelled them, and was preparing to install all new HDD's (fresh sys install ...
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Need to fix Windows MBR without using a CD
I have a laptop which was Linux/Windows 7 dual-boot. I need to get rid of the Linux partition so that it only boots into windows.
I know how to do this if I have the Windows 7 CD(which I do). But ...
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Windows 7 not booting, could not restore boot record
After not using Windows 7 for a month (and a few Ubuntu 11.10 updates being applied), I found I'm no longer able to boot from GRUB2 to Windows.
I've tried to reinstall GRUB2, and have done some other ...
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Corrupt MBR in RAID-0 setup - Missing Operating System
I have a 2x500GB RAID-0 setup on an Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Motherboard.
Recently, I was doing regular cleaning and after assembling up again the PC started normal.
But on the next boot, it suddenly gave ...
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Boot Failed after XP Installation, fixmbr give BSOD
I have installed Windows XP with SP2 on my PC. However, after reboot to complete the installation, I get error message "Disk read error. Press any key to restart". I've try to boot into recovery ...
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Backing up MBR on laptop disks with recovery partiitions?
Most of the Linux distributions I use allow me to override where GRUB is installed, but I now need to install Ubuntu on some Dell Latitude laptops, and on the test install I did on my old Vaio ...
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Half-installed Windows 7, how to restore Windows XP bootloader
I was going to install Windows 7 on my old pc, however I decided against it half way through the installation (just after first reboot) and I cancelled it. Then I worked out that I can press F8 then ...
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Will a Windows 7 recovery CD repair an XP MBR?
Will a Windows 7 recovery CD repair a Windows XP MBR? Can I run fdisk /mbr or chkdsk on an XP install from a Windows 7 recovery CD?
As far as I know Vista changed the boot scheme.
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How do you read a HEX partition table?
I'd like to know how to read a partition table to find out useful information such has how many partitions are on the drive, the size of the partitions and things like its starting and ending LBA ...
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Netbook Windows 7 recovery
I have an Asus 1005PE netbook which I installed Ubuntu on as a second partition a while back. Its primary partition is Windows 7 Starter. I've now upgraded to a bigger laptop and am selling this ...
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Changed the drive letter of a non system partition and now the machine won't boot
My girlfriend's Windows 7 netbook had a partition with the letter V. I don't know where it came from no what it is. It contained a couple of files including command.com which is from pre Windows XP I ...
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How do I install GRUB to a USB drive using Windows Vista?
I'm trying to build my recovery usb key drive. I'd like to use GRUB as my bootloader.
How do I install GRUB to my usb's MBR?
Lots of examples out there seem to expect I'm running Linux.
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Extend Windows 7 partition to use free space before it
I have some unallocated space before my Windows 7 partition.
Can I move the Windows 7 partition so that the free space is after it instead than before it, and then extend the partition to use all ...
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Restore Windows XP MBR without Windows XP disc
Is there a clone of the windows recovery console for windows xp because I no longer have the disc to restore the MBR. I also need to be able to run this off a flash drive because my dvd reader is ...
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How to see if USB stick has MBR?
I have a USB stick supposed to be bootable, but the computer does not boot it. I suspect that there is no MBR (Master Boot Record).
How do I test if this is so, preferably from command line in ...
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Norton Ghost usage, Linux? ISO? Server? MBR?
Before evaluating Symantec/Norton Ghost to image partitions, I have a couple of questions about using this tool:
In the product page, it only mentions Windows: Can Norton image Linux partitions as ...
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How can I fix the MBR on my hard drive?
I've tried to use fixmbr (from the Windows XP Recovery Console) and pointed it to C:\, but broke it!
Now I have:
D:\Windows - with no ntldr
C:\ - broken inaccessible partition with Grub and ntldr
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Can a hard drive using a GPT partition table be booted in an AMD computer? [closed]
I have a 64-bit AMD Phenom II and I'm installing a new hard drive on it. One of the options when formatting the drive is to use a GPT partition table instead of an MBR. I read somewhere that only ...
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How to boot into Linux (Ubuntu) with Windows Bootloader? [duplicate]
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Using Vista boot loader instead of GRUB
OK, so I had Windows Vista on a drive, and then installed Ubuntu Jaunty on another drive. When I did that, grub took over. I ...
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Arch installation success, but only a blinking cursor appears [closed]
Installation was flawless and I used the entire hdd. Changed the values of the image and initramfs to point to the corect kernel.
USB boots correctly and the hdd can be mounted(by the live enviroment) ...
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Windows XP Cant install STOP error 0x0000007B
When i insert my XP cd before i could get to the install or repair screen i get this error
I found this and i am unsure what the problem is. Does it not like my HD? XP installed on my laptop in the ...
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What are the differences between MBR vs GPT vs any other partition scheme?
Can anyone tell me what the main differences between i.e. MBR vs GPT or any other partition scheme are? Why would one choose one over the other?
I am not an expert but from new release of Mac OS X ...
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Ubuntu 9.10+Windows 7 dual boot, dynamic disks
Ok. Long story follows. I'm a Windows dude, but have started playing around a bit with Ubuntu. I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 installed on my notebook until a couple of days ago. Ubuntu's GRUB was ...
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Modifying from MBR to GUID partition for OSX Lion installation
Recently, Apple released OS X Lion and when I tried to install it on my mac machine, it gave me an error saying my machine partition table is not using GUID partition table. Instead, the current ...
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How to make a floppy image and overwrite the MBR
I am trying to make a floppy image with a working file system so that I can test a 2 stage boot loader. When I attempt to mount the floppy and then cp the second binary over to it, mount gets all ...
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How to scan and remove MBR viruses?
Once I read that the Windows 7 installation disc could clean an infected MBR. I also found an article that suggested one tool to scan the MBR for viruses. And I also read that one MBR virus could ...
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How to switch between Windows XP on two drives
I've two Caviar Black drives on SATA0 and SATA1, with Windows XP on the former which is the boot (system) drive.
I plan to put an Intel X-25M SSD on SATA0, and the Caviar Blacks on SATA1 and SATA2. ...
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How do I create a Windows 7 system image?
I have to create a disk image of Windows 7 with all the installed applications on it, so I can restore this image later.
I am modifying my partition scheme from MBR to GUID partition table, and ...
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How can I put a bootloader on my flash drive so that I have the option to boot Flow OS when it's in?
Currently I have GRUB on my Hard Drive, which gives me the option to boot into Ubuntu, Windows, etc. When I put in my Flow OS flash drive, however, it boots into it without asking, which makes sense. ...
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Corrupted the hard drive after planned write of RAMDisk image to SD card went awry
I was trying to write a RAMDisk image to my SD card but unfortunately I wrote the image to my hard disk instead. The size of the RAMDisk image is about 7 MB (approximately 16000+ sectors) and it was ...
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Install Windows 7 on a disk containing MBR for another OS while preserving the second OS in place
I have 2 hard disk drives, c:\ (80 gb) and d:\ (300 gb)
Current Windows XP installation is on the second disk (D), but MBR is on the first (C) disk.
I want to format the C (first) disk and install ...
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How do I fix my MBR when windows 7 system recovery shows no drive
I accidentally pulled the power plug when my system was starting up, and I started to get a boot error after POST. Something like "something not found, insert a bootable disk and press enter"
So I ...
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Editing MBR for flash device
I have a flashing system for a tablet what got an internal SD card to be formatted on every flash. Basically, it writes an MBR file to it, instead of using a partitioning app (fdisk, or anything), and ...
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Recreate faulty MBR
I was in the process of reinstalling Windows 7, and somehow the MBR (Master Boot Record) was edited by fault (whilst deleting partitions on the two hard drives using GParted).
Now I can't get the ...
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Copy the contents of one partition to another partition hardrive
if i write this command in linux "dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sda2" it will copy the whole /dev/sda1 partition bit by bit to /dev/sda2 ......is there any way in WINDOWS not in linux that i can just only ...
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Fixmbr on attached notebook hard drive - possible?
I have a blue screen on my notebook during boot and can't get to the recovery console.
I've removed the hard drive from the notebook and inserted it into another PC. Can I use fixmbr on the hard ...
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Modifying MBR entries after implementing Windows 7 image
I have a computer whose hard disk I recently formatted. As soon as I implement a .wim image in the computer using the WindowsPE disc with imagex utility, two entries are shown in the mbr menu: one for ...
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Problem when booting debian
I am trying to setup a home server running Debian. I set up the partitions manually using gparted with the drive connected to a usb caddy on another PC, used debbootstrap to get the base file system. ...
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Re-installing Windows on MacBook Pro
I have triple boot installed. Everything works smoothly, but Windows is crying for re-install (overfilled registry, too many programs installed). Before MacBook Pro I would typically create another ...
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Operating System Not Found - BIOS recognizes, Live OS doesn't (Laptop)
Here's the deal:
I have a multi-partitioned hard drive on my laptop set up with GRUB. I got a blue-screen while working on Windows 7 and when rebooting I got the Operating System Not Found error ...
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Disk boot failure in Windows 7 64-bit after installing the latest NVIDIA drivers
I successfully installed the newest NVIDIA drivers (275.33) in Windows 7 64-bit and rebooted afterwards just in case. After the reboot, I got an error about missing MBR. I disconnected the slave disk ...
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How to restore WindowXP loader within running Windows?
How can i restore WindowXP loader after installation of boot manager(GRUB, LILO,..).
I can boot to windows, so it may be restored within windows enviroment.
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NTFS partition no longer read on Windows 7
I have a 500 GB external drive that I use with my Windows 7 PC and Snow Leopard laptop. It has the following 4 partitions:
1. Leopard Installer (HFS+)
2. Backup (HFS+)
3. Snow Leopard Installer ...
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Reinstalling GRUB on Linux netbook
I have a distribution called Easy Peasy on my netbook, it's Ubuntu-based.
Today when I started it up it told me 'grub corrupt'. On subsequent start-ups it displays 'unknown filesystem.' I'm given a ...
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How to fix possibly wiped MBR after centOS install?
I think I have messed this one up royally...
I have done a clean install of centOS 5.6 (x86_64) on my system. I got through the installation process successfully and rebooted. Now I am greeted with a ...
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is it possible to swap the hdd of a device and boot as normal
This might be a silly/ simple question but I wasn't sure of my knowledge on the matter so I wanted to ask people with (hopefully) better understanding :)
Consider the following situation: you have a ...
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How to fix hal.dll is missing error in a dual boot system?
I have both windows 7 and xp installed. If there was only xp, I would go ahead and boot up the xp installation disc and re install the hal.dll file from the recovery console.
Problem is I have also ...
