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The MBR can point to any physical partition on the drive. It may even be able to point to any logical partition. It's usually best to have it point to the partition with the stage 2 bootloader, however, otherwise the system won't boot.
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What is another name for boot sector?
Boot record.
What two items are contained in the master boot record?
The master boot program, and the partition table.
The first sector on the disk called the boot sector or record contains the information about how the disk is organized and the file system used?
BOOT record
A virus infects the Master Boot Record of a hard disk drive?
Boot virus
Loads the OS boot sector from the active partition and runs the program in this boot sector?
MBR (Master Boot Record) program.
At the beginning of the boot drive is the OS which loads the first program file of the OS?
boot record
What is the MBR?
MBR Master Boot RecordA Master Boot Record (MBR), or partition sector, is the 512-byte boot sector that is the first sector ("Sector 0") of a partitioned data storage device such as a hard disk. ( from: http://whitehouse.com)
Who invented the car boot?
It is not on record who invented the car boot. However, it is believed that one of the automobile manufacturers came with the design of the car boot.
Where is the master boot record (MBR) located?
The master boot record is always located at cylinder 0, head 0, and sector 1, the first sector on the disk.
A script virus hides in the boot sector program of a hard drive or floppy disk or in the master boot program in the Master Boot Record?
FALSE
Which is windows core component file?
master boot record
Are boot sector viruses limited to hard drives Explain?
Yes. They hide in the boot sector program of a hard drive or floppy disk or in the master boot program in the Master Boot Record.
