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The master boot record is the very first piece of code executed from the hard drive. The MBR is expected to simply discover the active partition on the drive, and then load and run its boot sector, but other MBRs exist, for example LILO, which loads a Linux kernel directly, and Smart Boot Manager, which allows the user to choose which partition to boot.

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A virus infects the Master Boot Record of a hard disk drive?

Boot virus


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


Where is the master boot record located?

The first sector on the Hard Drive


Information about where logical drive is located is called?

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.


Are boot sector viruses limited to hard drives?

No. It hides in the boot sector program of a hard drive or floppy disk or in the master boot program in the Master Boot Record (MBR). Don Gus


What two items are contained in the master boot record?

The master boot program, and the partition table.


Name the program that is needed to locate the beginning of the OS on a drive?

Master Boot Record (MBR)


Name the program that needed to locate the beginning of the OS on a drive?

Master Boot Record program


What is master boot record in computer world?

A 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record )


What are the main two componets of the master boot record on a hard drive?

There is the Master Boot Record and a Primary Partition in which can be formatted in NTFS or FAT32. There is also what is called platters on the hard drive which has two sides divided up into what looks like a record -- called tracks, and each track is divided into sectors.


'error loading os' is there a fix other than reinstall?

If the MBR for the primary boot drive is corrupted, you can recover simply by rewriting the MBR (master boot record) on the hard drive.

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