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How to boot a bootable .bin file from a CD/DVD?
I have written a bootable program in assembly and compiled it into a .bin file.
This is a Boot sector program which works well in Virtual box where I have to manually put the program in the offset ...
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From what location are the 1st computer instructions available on boot up?
From what location are the 1st computer instructions available on boot up?
A. ROM BIOS
B. CPU
C. boot.ini
D. CONFIG.SYS
E. None of the above
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How would I know if a hard drive was jeopardized by a power surge?
I have a hard drive, from which I have rebuilt the MBR and Boot Sector. I was able to recover the data. My client's computer and data were easily visible prior to a power surge in the home. She would ...
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Boot Signature - BIOS
I understand that the BIOS is in ROM, and the manufacturer "typically" designs it to point to the first sector of the "active" storage device's first sector or CHS (0,0,1)*physical and CHS (0,0,0)*...
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How to overwrite 0 sector under Windows XP?
Is there any built in Windows XP command or other utility which will let me overwrite sector 0, so the OS will be non-bootable?
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Number of sectors in my sda1
After running bootinfoscript, I read on the log:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot ...
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How to repair encrypted Windows partition in external harddrive?
I have a Windows 7 Professional on TrueCrypt encrypted hardrive (two partitons, encrypted as the whole drive).
The latest Windows update failed and afterwards the Windows didn't boot (blue screen of ...
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Does the fixmbr command repair the Master Boot Code only or it repairs the Master Partition Table, too?
I know there all kinds of programs out there that advertise fixing the MBR, especially Windows. The Master Boot Record consists of the Master Boot Code and the Master Partition Table, correct? But I ...
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Creating a bootable CD with custom boot sector
I was interested in learning how to create an operating system from scratch, and I found this guide: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~exr/lectures/opsys/10_11/lectures/os-dev.pdf.
At page 4 it is explained ...
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How to restore bootloader or bootsector for Windows Vista?
I've restored NTFS containing Windows Vista. But the bootloader or bootsector got corrupted.
How can i detect what of them got corrupted?
How can i restore bootloader if it's corrupted?
How can i ...
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