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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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)...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

boot loaders (FSBL, first-stage boot loader) located on fixed disks and removable drives must fit into the first 446 bytes of the master boot record in...

computers, the master boot record, is located beginning at the boot sector, the first sector on the first track (track zero), of the boot disk. The ROM...

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

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

of data corruption, disruption or destruction of the hard drive's master boot record, or by malware deliberately destroying the disk's contents. There...

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...

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

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...