Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:32:26 +0200
From: Ben Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - Win'98 FAT/FAT32 u/s
At 01:18 21-8-00 -0700, you wrote:
>Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:12:15 GMT
>From: "Fubar Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - Win'98 FAT/FAT32 u/s
>
>
>>o Partition table trashed...fdisk /mbr from a windows recovery disk might
>>spring it back to life.
>
>What does fdisk /mbr do? Rebuild the FAT table by scanning the data on the
>disk?
As far as I know the partition table and the 'Master Boot Record' are not
the same thing. The mbr is the sector on every bootable storage device that
contains the instructions needed to start the boot-secence for the
operating system used. It can be redirected by viruses and boot-managers
and can become corrupted. FDISK/mbr writes a fresh copy of this Master Boot
Record to the HD. I have never experienced problems myself when executing a
FDISK/mbr when I experienced problems. In my experience it is a fairly safe
thing to try. Make sure though that the floppy you boot and execute it from
was made with the same operating system as on the HD.
Ben.
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