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Noting that FDISK is renamed Disk Manager in Win 2K/XP (and that XP doesn't offer a Dos boot option), I wonder how much of the MBR the Disk Manager preserves how carefully when I right click to ask to initialise a disk. I know once I saw the Win Disk Manager preserve enough of the MBR that the string "VIRUS" endured. Since then I really wanted to start over, I first wrote zeroes over the MBR (and more), and only then did I ask the Disk Manager to initialise the disk. Pat LaVarre -----Original Message----- From: Curtis Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thu 1/2/2003 3:42 PM To: T13 List Server Cc: Subject: RE: [t13] "disk doctor" programs This message is from the T13 list server. If all you want is a valid MBR, run FDISK /MBR. This will rewrite the code part of an MBR and preserve the partition table... ----------------------- Curtis E. Stevens Pacific Digital Corp. 2052 Alton Parkway Irvine, CA 92606 Phone (949) 477-5713 Fax (949) 252-9397 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: www.PacificDigital.com Never take life seriously... after all, nobody ever gets out alive! ************************************************************************** The contents of this e-mail message, including any attachments, are intended solely for the use of the person or entity to whom the e-mail was addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and contact the sender by reply e-mail. Please also permanently delete all copies of the original e-mail and any attached documentation. Thank you. Pacific Digital Corporation http://www.PacificDigital.com -----Original Message----- From: Hale Landis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 9:04 AM To: T13 List Server Subject: [t13] "disk doctor" programs This message is from the T13 list server. I get a lot of questions like this... Can anyone suggest a "disk doctor" program that can restore the MBR sector data on an external 1394/Firewire hard disk? Any ideas out there? Thanks. Hale *** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com ***
