Backup MBR & Bootsector

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MChan DEL_THIS said:
I am looking for utility that can save MBR and also it's boot-records.
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What are you trying to do? MBR is the acronym for "master boot record", so
when you say "also it's boot-records", are you talking redundantly about the
MBR or are you talking about the OS boot records in the partitions themselves
(aka, PBR or partition boot record)?

I wrote a small utility that saves the MBR and master partition table (i.e.,
the first sector), but I think there are a number of similar utilities around
-- for example, go to www.bootitng.com and download their free utility MBRWORK,
and see if that will do what you want. As for the PBR's, those are saved as
part of a partition image when you use Ghost, DriveImage, or BootItNG, so if
your aim is for backup purposes, that should be covered by your backup of the
partition itself.
 
What are you trying to do? MBR is the acronym for "master boot record", so
when you say "also it's boot-records", are you talking redundantly about the
MBR or are you talking about the OS boot records in the partitions themselves
(aka, PBR or partition boot record)?
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This is the kind of thing we all understand well. :o) If what little I
know might be of use I'll add that MBRtool can back up the MBR that's
in use, as well as any backups of it on Track0, it can make backups on
Track0, delete..etc, it can back up the whole of Track0 for each
physical drive only one of which will be active. Theres an ambiguity
in if MBR means the whole of Track0 or just the part of it that's in
use, that's what I'm seeing here, and thats because boot-record is
itself ambigous.
I wrote a small utility that saves the MBR and master partition table (i.e.,
the first sector), but I think there are a number of similar utilities around
for example, go to www.bootitng.com and download their free utility MBRWORK,
and see if that will do what you want. As for the PBR's, those are saved as
part of a partition image when you use Ghost, DriveImage, or BootItNG, so if
your aim is for backup purposes, that should be covered by your backup of the
partition itself.
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In Ghost isn't it an option that has to be switched on (?), so long as
the manual is looked at for MBRtool and the backup software you should
be alright, infact you *really* need the manual for MBRtool. :o/ That
might be just as well... Fun fun fun.
 
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