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Rebuilding
the MBR with MicroScope
The contents of the Master Boot Record can be saved to a backup file, and then written back to the Master Boot Record of that drive or another drive.
This offers protection against a Master Boot Record that is missing or corrupt, for instance from a boot record virus, and also provides an easy way to port a Master Boot Record from one drive to another.
And using
the 'Rebuild Master Boot Record' feature from the 'Diagnostic' menu, it will actually format the sector where the master boot record is (Sector 1) and write a generic master boot sector.
To save a copy of the MBR just select option '2' from the main menu (text mode).
Once the Software Interface has loaded choose 'Utilities' from the menu. Select 'Save/Restore MBR' and select the drive from/to you want to save/restore the Boot Record. Save MBR – When the Save MBR option is selected, a box opens with a list of floppy drives 0-3 and hard drives 0-5, which is the maximum number of each drive that can be configured by hardware. Choose the drive whose MBR you wish to save and press Enter.
Screenshot - Save MBR
In the filename box, type in the complete drive\path\filename of the storage location. A file will be created at that location containing the MBR contents.
If the location was entered incorrectly or a drive was selected that does not exist on the system, a prompt will appear to let you know that the file could not be created.
Restore MBR – Select a drive and then the location for the backup file. The contents of the specified file will replace the current MBR on that drive. Note that this can be an MBR saved from a different drive.
Once you have copied the boot sector from the other hard to a floppy disk using MicroScope, you will need to format the corrupted boot sector, again you’ll need to know the staring and ending point of the boot sector. Then just copy the boot sector from the similar hard drive from the floppy disk.
If you use the 'Fixed Disk Editor' you may be able to fix a corrupted boot sector if you know the values; or you can use a MBR copied from a HD with the same characteristics that has a DOS boot sector.
Find out more about using
Microscope for everyday tasks;
STARTING OUT WITH MICRO-SCOPE
HOW TO CREATE AUTOMATED BATCH TESTS
HOW
TO CREATE REPORTS WITH MICRO-SCOPE
USING MICRO-SCOPE TO REMOVE VIRUSES
TROUBLE-SHOOTING
HARD DRIVES
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