A master boot record (MBR) is a type of boot sector in the first block of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives...
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A volume boot record (VBR) (also known as a volume boot sector, a partition boot record or a partition boot sector) is a type of boot sector introduced...
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GUID Partition Table (redirect from Extended Master Boot Record)
nevertheless also used for some BIOSs, because of the limitations of master boot record (MBR) partition tables, which use 32 bits for logical block addressing...
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definitions on how to store the information regarding the partitioning: A master boot record (MBR) is the first sector of a data storage device that has been partitioned...
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system. In that system, when one (and only one) partition record entry in the master boot record (MBR) is designated an extended partition, then that partition...
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The Master boot record is loaded at address 7C00h and loads the boot sector of the Windows Disk partition. The boot sector contains the disk boot program...
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A boot flag is a 1-byte value in a non-extended partition record, within a master boot record. It appears at the beginning of a partition record, as the...
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coreboot, Libreboot and Das U-Boot. On the IBM PC, the boot loader in the Master Boot Record (MBR) and the Partition Boot Record (PBR) was coded to require...
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Stoned (computer virus) (category Boot viruses)
is now Stoned!", a phrase found in infected boot sectors of infected floppy disks and master boot records of infected hard disks, along with the phrase...
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Comparison of bootloaders (redirect from MasterBooter)
(Master Boot Record) refers to whether or not the boot loader can be stored in the first sector of a mass storage device. The column VBR (Volume Boot Record)...
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to back up and restore any region of a device to a file, such as a master boot record. To duplicate the first two sectors of a floppy disk: dd if=/dev/fd0...
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Disk partitioning (section Multi-boot systems)
term "slice" is used in the FreeBSD operating system to refer to Master Boot Record partitions, to avoid confusion with FreeBSD's own disklabel-based...
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the case of the latter, the computer will not be able to boot, even into safe mode. Booting from another device and uncompressing the files will usually...
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Technology is used to discover hidden objects (rootkits) in the Master Boot Record, boot sector, registry entries, drivers, services and processes. SysInspector...
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Computer virus (redirect from DOS Boot Record infector virus)
major bank or credit card company). Boot sector viruses specifically target the boot sector and/or the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the host's hard disk drive...
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Disk encryption (section The boot key problem)
that everything on the disk is encrypted, but the master boot record (MBR), or similar area of a bootable disk, with code that starts the operating system...
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infecting the master boot record to execute a payload that encrypts a hard drive's file system table and prevents Windows from booting. It subsequently...
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partition ID) in a partition's entry in the partition table inside a master boot record (MBR) is a byte value intended to specify the file system the partition...
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the libfdisk library and supports partitioning of disks that use Master boot record, GUID Partition Table, BSD disklabel, SGI or SUN disk labels. It also...
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UEFI (redirect from Windows 8 secure boot)
by the Linux kernel's UEFI boot stub. In addition to the standard PC disk partition scheme that uses a master boot record (MBR), UEFI also works with...
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According to Microsoft, the basic data partition is the equivalent to master boot record (MBR) partition types 0x06 (FAT16B), 0x07 (NTFS or exFAT), and 0x0B...
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a storage device on local network, etc. A hard disk to boot Linux stores the Master Boot Record (MBR), which contains the first-stage/primary bootloader...
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recover deleted partitions, rebuild partition tables or rewrite the master boot record (MBR). TestDisk retrieves the LBA size and CHS geometry of attached...
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code that is contained within the Master Boot Record (MBR). Use of this partition is not the only way BIOS-based boot can be performed while using GPT-partitioned...
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The first sector of Track0 is known as the master boot record (MBR) and contains the initial code used to boot the operating system (bootstrap code). Near...
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advantages to installing a Linux boot manager/loader (usually GRUB) as the primary bootloader pointed to by the master boot record. Windows operating systems...
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EFI system partition (category Booting)
scheme is C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B, while its ID in the master boot record (MBR) partition-table scheme is 0xEF. Both GPT- and MBR-partitioned...
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Michelangelo (computer virus) (category Boot viruses)
the original master boot record to cylinder 0, head 0, sector 7. On floppy disks, if the disk is 360 KB, the virus moves the original boot sector to cylinder...
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the map) and unused (free space) on disk, unlike the minimal x86 master boot record that only accounts for used non-map partitions. This means that every...
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to the attacker, and erase them. Finally the virus overwrites the master boot record of the infected computer, making it unusable. The virus was used for...
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