Do you have additional information on FDISK /MBR?

Question:
Do you have additional information on FDISK /MBR?

Answer:
The FDISK /MBR command is an undocumented switch used with the FDISK command (MS D!S "#$ and hi%her& that ena'les users to recreate their master 'oot record on their hard dis( drive#

Q ! Does doing FDISK /MBR more than one time have any effect on the computer? A ! How this command operates varies depending on the version of FDISK you are using However! when performing this command! it is overwriting the information that is contained in the MBR "erforming this command mu#tip#e times is not going to do anything more than performing the same steps again Q ! How can I recreate the Master Boot Record on a different hard dis$ drive other than my primary hard dis$ drive? A ! %se FDISK /"MBR #drive num$er% where &drive num'er( represents the drive you wish to recreate the master 'oot record )o determine the drive num'er! run the fdis& /status command %sers can a#so find much more detai#ed notes a'out FDISK through #in$s found on our hard dis$ drive networ$ section

Additional information:
See our MBR dictionary definition for additional information a'out MBR and related terms# See our FDISK command )a%e for additional information and hel) with the FDISK

MBR
Short for Master Boot Record* MBR is also sometimes referred to as the master boot block and is the first sector of the com)uter hard dis( drive used to determine from which )artition a com)uter will 'oot# The MBR tells the com)uter where to find and how to load the o)eratin% system# It also tells the com)uter how the hard drive is or%ani+ed and )rovides information a'out the drive,s )artitions# The master 'oot record is located on the first sector of the hard drive- it,s the first )ro%ram the com)uter runs after )erformin% a memory chec( and loo(in% for a 'oota'le dis( (if set in .M!S&# The MBR is also susce)ti'le to 'oot sector viruses that can corru)t or delete the MBR* which can leave the hard drive unusa'le and )revent the com)uter from 'ootin% u)# / well (nown MBR virus is the Mon(ey 0irus# /dditional information a'out the MBR can also 'e found on document .1$$$23"# Also see: Bootstra) loader* 1ard dis( drive definitions

Synta'
.onfi%ures a hard dis( for use with MS D!S# FDISK 4/ST/T5S6 /7 / Dis)lays )artition information# STA TUS /X I%nores e8tended dis( access su))ort (will not use 9B/ su))ort&# 5se this switch if you receive one of the 'elow sym)toms# 5na'le to access a drive from D!S versions )rior to 3# Dis( access messa%es # Stac( overflow messa%es# 1i%h amounts of data corru)tion# :8tra drive letters

Se(ret fdis& swti(hes Dis(laimer: Be#ow is a #isting of secret or undocumented MS*D+S fdis$ commands and switches %se these commands at your own ris$
.ommand FDISK /MBR FDISK /CMBR <DISK> FDISK 1/ RI:1!! FDISK 1/"XT:#!! FDISK 1/$%&:'#! FDISK /( FDISK /STATUS FDISK /ACT%K FDISK /F RMT

Information .ommand used to rewrite the Master Boot Record# See .1$$$23" for additional in Recreates the Master Boot Record on s)ecified dis(# ;erforms the same functions a e8ce)t can 'e used on other dis( drives# .reates a 2$$MB D!S )artition on the hard drive# .reates a "$$MB me% e8tended D!S )artition on the hard drive# .reates a <"$MB lo%ical drives on the hard drive# ;revents fdis( from 'ootin% the system automatically after e8itin% fdis(# Shows you the current status of your hard drives# Ma(es FDISK not chec( the dis( inte%rity allowin% the drives to 'e created faster# =ill not %et the )rom)t for F/T>< su))ort* in addition allows FDISK to 'e forced into drives smaller than "?$MB ('y default FDISK will not use F/T>< on any drive small Finally this command can only 'e used with FDISK that su))orts F/T><#

)'am*les
Fd)sk This would %et you into the fdis( o)tion screen that you can see in the fdis( simulation# /lso (ee) in mind when deletin% a )artitions /@AT1I@B that is on that )artition of the hard drive will 'e :R/S:D* also once the )artition is delete it will not 'e redetected until you format that )artition* so if you delete your )rimary )artition* which is the cC drive* you will not 'e a'le to )ut anythin% on that drive or even read from that drive until it is formatted#

See our fdis$ simu#ation for additiona# information and e,amp#es Additional information
FDISK SCRI T FI$" Fdis( has the ca)a'ility of 'ein% run from an e8ternal file* allowin% you to Duic(ly create and delete )artitions throu%h Fdis(# To do this* create a file from the D!S edit command# Below are the ste)s reDuired in %eneratin% this file#

)dit fdis& s(r + )his wi## p#ace you within the edit screen -ithin this screen you wi## enter the commands you wish to 'e run in fdis$ For e,amp#e! if you wish to run fdis$ and disp#ay the partition information! you wou#d enter . Because fdis$ re/uires you to press enter after you have chosen a se#ection! you wi## need to press "trl , - and then press "trl , M! which wi## create a music sym'o#! which acts as a carriage return

If you need to press the es( &ey! you wou#d use "trl , - and then press es(! which wou#d 'e represented as a 'ac$wards arrow -hen doing the commands to run FDISK! a## these must 'e on one #ine0 do not p#ace each command on separate #ines +nce you have created the script fi#e! you can then type fdis& # fdis& s(r that wi## then e,ecute the script fi#e If the script fi#e encounters an error during its process! you wi## need to recreate the script fi#e where the mista$e occurred