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Old 07-20-2009, 12:33 PM   #1
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messed up MBR


Hello,

while trying to set up a multi-boot system across several drives, I think I messed the MBR of one of my IDE disks. I think I once fixed it with the command fdisk /MBR (I don't remember exactly) with a floppy disk or a Microsoft product. But I no longer have a floppy drive nor do I have a Microsoft product. Can someone tell me how to reinstall the MBR?

Thanks in advance

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Old 07-20-2009, 01:22 PM   #2
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Why do you think so ?
And what is the contains of the disk concern ?
 
Old 07-20-2009, 02:39 PM   #3
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This will help you fix any of your mbr's.

http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/57240
 
  


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