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Why the location for Partition entry in MBR doesn't contain partition entry?
I'm learning file system recently. wikipedia says the partition table is located at 0x01BE, but when I check my USB drive(NTFS) by a binary tool, there are some words there "Press Ctrl + Alt + ...
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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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HDD Stopped Responding
I have an external 500GB hard drive containing a WD Scorpio Black, used all as one partition, encrypted with BitLocker and runs very well.
This morning I connected it to my PC, it asked for BitLocker ...
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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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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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How do I fix a Windows XP bootloader error when BOOTCFG, FIXBOOT, and FIXMBR do nothing?
I recently replaced a faulty hard drive with two hard drives that I then raided (1) together and installed Windows XP on about a week ago. Since then, I have always received this error:
Windows could ...
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Restoring MBR, partition table, and boot sector of memory card without data loss ("USBC")
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I have a FAT32 memory card that when inserted into a computer causes Windows to prompt to format it. The card is definitely not supposed to be blank and has a bunch of files on it.
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How can I recover a lost MBR/boot sector?
I had a VDI (VirtualBox Virtual Disk Image) with Ubuntu 11.10 (64bit, I think) installed on it. Earlier, while running a GParted live CD on my Virtual Machine to erase the partition table of another ...
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