i found a bug in microsoft win2000 and win2003 mbr

[nirvana111]

hello, when i disassemble the windows 2000 and 2003 mbr, i found if the 63 secoter symbol not is 55AA, it will show " Error loading operating system", but it should show "Missing Operating system". it can be easily fit, but they do nothing.

[ComputerPsi]

I don't know what you mean.. I have looked at my Windows 2000 boot sector many times and the 55AA is present. In fact, here is the whole hex code of it:

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EB 52 90 4E 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F8 0 0 3F 0 F0 0 3F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 80 0 80 46 80 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 F6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2F 94 5D B0 98 5D B0 C2 0 0 0 0 FA 33 C0 8E D0 BC 0 7C FB B8 C0 7 8E D8 E8 16 0 B8 0 D 8E C0 33 DB C6 6 E 0 10 E8 53 0 68 0 D 68 6A 2 CB 8A 16 24 0 B4 8 CD 13 73 5 B9 FF FF 8A F1 66 F B6 C6 40 66 F B6 D1 80 E2 3F F7 E2 86 CD C0 ED 6 41 66 F B7 C9 66 F7 E1 66 A3 20 0 C3 B4 41 BB AA 55 8A 16 24 0 CD 13 72 F 81 FB 55 AA 75 9 F6 C1 1 74 4 FE 6 14 0 C3 66 60 1E 6 66 A1 10 0 66 3 6 1C 0 66 3B 6 20 0 F 82 3A 0 1E 66 6A 0 66 50 6 53 66 68 10 0 1 0 80 3E 14 0 0 F 85 C 0 E8 B3 FF 80 3E 14 0 0 F 84 61 0 B4 42 8A 16 24 0 16 1F 8B F4 CD 13 66 58 5B 7 66 58 66 58 1F EB 2D 66 33 D2 66 F B7 E 18 0 66 F7 F1 FE C2 8A CA 66 8B D0 66 C1 EA 10 F7 36 1A 0 86 D6 8A 16 24 0 8A E8 C0 E4 6 A CC B8 1 2 CD 13 F 82 19 0 8C C0 5 20 0 8E C0 66 FF 6 10 0 FF E E 0 F 85 6F FF 7 1F 66 61 C3 A0 F8 1 E8 9 0 A0 FB 1 E8 3 0 FB EB FE B4 1 8B F0 AC 3C 0 74 9 B4 E BB 7 0 CD 10 EB F2 C3 D A 41 20 64 69 73 6B 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6F 72 20 6F 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 0 D A 4E 54 4C 44 52 20 69 73 20 6D 69 73 73 69 6E 67 0 D A 4E 54 4C 44 52 20 69 73 20 63 6F 6D 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 0 D A 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6C 2B 41 6C 74 2B 44 65 6C 20 74 6F 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 D A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 A0 B3 C9 0 0 55 AA 

As you can see 55 AA is present. Unless I misunderstood you, you either have a bad hd or a bad program that looks at your hard drive sectors.

[nirvana111]

my boot sector's symbol is 55aa too, i mean's if you change the 55aa symbol to another symbol.

[ComputerPsi]

Strange.. perhaps your BIOS just gives a different message than a normal BIOS? I don't think it's doing that because it recognizes it's a Windows MBR.

[nirvana111]

i think you don't know how the windows MBR work, it will read the 63 sector and check if last two string is "55aa", if it is, it will gose will. but if it isn't "55aa", it will show a error message. the message should be "Missing operating system". the bug is it will show "Error loading operating system".

[Daedalus]

Are you trying to say that the Win2000/2003 MBR displays this message?

The BIOS looks at the first sector, and if it has the signature "55 AA" at the end, loads it and executes it.

Perhaps what you're seeing is MS's error message if it is unable to load Windows?

[rexlunae]

hello, when i disassemble the windows 2000 and 2003 mbr, i found if the 63 secoter symbol not is 55AA, it will show " Error loading operating system", but it should show "Missing Operating system". it can be easily fit, but they do nothing.

I'm confused. Why is "Missing Operating System" a more appropriate error than "Error loading operating system" when the partition does not contain a valid boot sector? Other then both of the messages being vague and not terribly helpful, I don't see why one is wrong but the other is right.

[nirvana111]

I'm confused. Why is "Missing Operating System" a more appropriate error than "Error loading operating system" when the partition does not contain a valid boot sector? Other then both of the messages being vague and not terribly helpful, I don't see why one is wrong but the other is right.

if you be familiar with the 2000/2003 MBR, you will know the difference between the two message. if read sector error, it will show "Error loading operating system" , and if read sector is will but isn't a boot sector it will show "Missing Operating System".