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...

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...

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...

Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard. It has several advantages over master boot record (MBR) partition tables, such as support for more than four primary...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

backup and restore any region of a device to a file; including a master boot record. To duplicate the first two sectors of a floppy disk: dd if=/dev/fd0...

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...

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...

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...

(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)...

advantages to installing a Linux boot manager/loader (usually GRUB) as the primary bootloader pointed to by the master boot record. Windows operating systems...

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...

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...

editor allows access to the underlying disk structures, such as the master boot record (MBR) or GUID Partition Table (GPT), file system, and directories...

the missing files to resolve the boot problem. In the case of the latter, however, the computer will not be able to boot, even into safe mode. The only...

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...

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...

recover deleted partitions, rebuild partition tables or rewrite the master boot record (MBR). TestDisk retrieves the LBA size and CHS geometry of attached...

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...

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...

filesystem information. The IBM's PC equivalent of the Amiga's RDB is the master boot record (MBR). Unlike its PC equivalent, the RDB doesn't directly contain...

needed] Device Configuration Overlay (DCO) GUID Partition Table (GPT) Master boot record (MBR) "Host Protected Areas" (PDF). Utica.edu. Blunden, Bill (2009)...

logical block addressing (LBA), but many tools for manipulating the master boot record (MBR) partition table still aligned partitions to cylinder boundaries;...

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...

data. in BIOS mode: Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Master boot record (MBR) partition table Pre-boot authentication (PBA) Operating system (OS) boots in...

E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE. Formerly, on disks formatted using the master boot record (MBR) partition layout, certain software components used hidden sectors...