the Original post here had a question about removing linux from the drive, some one else said "format /mbr", some one else corrected it to fdisk /mbr but stated it would "fix anything" I stated that "anything was a big order" and suggested that it seemed to me to replace the MBR to the state of last winders install. that was corrected to explain that it puts it to a state to only read M$ partitions, and creates a new MBR from the M$ partitions.
On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:07, you wrote: > Ed Tharp wrote: > > Well I stand corrected, it does not put it back to the last state, it > > creates a new one that can only read the M$ style partitions, as I have > > been corrected on this list 9I coulda sworn when I did it, it put it back > > to the last install state, but I could well be wrong about that since it > > was based on personal observation and _not_ on being a hard drive > > expert. > > w98se recover disk can restore state of boot sector. in building recovery > disk, > a copy of boot sector is made as part of system recovery. or so i have been > told by a friend who makes this claim. i do not dispute his knowledge, ad > it seemed a logical thing to include in a recovery disk. > > > On Friday 07 December 2001 18:34, you wrote: > >> Hi Ed: > >> > >> I am asking this in order to gain some knowledge here. Where do you > >> find information about the format /mbr command and option. > > '/mbr' is a 'non documented' 'feature' of msos. it came about in early dos. > > it 'arguments' 'fdisk' not 'format'. > > i found it while disassembling fdisk, was also told about it by a friend > who was told to use 'fdisk /mbr' by ms tech support, when it was support. > > i have found power quest's partition editor to be a safe byte changer, > before, i used symantec norton disk editor. ptedit is easier. only use > lastest version. > > safest thing to do if you must maintain msos, is get msos on drive > by itself. no need to endanger loosing linux. > > learn linux, and you can use it to correct a partition table with > fdisk or use 'dd' and restore a backup yourself. but you must/should > have linux on it's own drives. it deserves it. > > cyoa. ;) > > > tc,hago. > > g > .
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