FAT32 partitions always have a copy of the boot sector offset 6 sectors from the real boot sector.
NTFS partitions have a copy in the very last sector of the partition (I think the older NTFS used by WindowsNT put this copy at the center of the partition). FAT16 partitions do not have a copy, but you can generate a usable boot sector by creating another partition with exactly the same geometry (same number of total sectors) and formatting it as FAT16 (force same allocation unit size if necessary). The easiest tool for copying sectors around is MBRWORK. You can use PTEDIT to quickly find out where these sectors are at. Both run from a DOS boot floppy. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-bug--17472--grub-install-on-hd%280%2C-0%29-permanently-damages-Windows-bootloader-tf2131339.html#a8463981 Sent from the Grub - Bugs mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
