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Hi
how can I copy my HDD boot sector to floppy disk
and then how can I copy it back to my HDD.
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Post by Combuster »

under DOS and derivates:

sys c: a: (from disk to floppy)
or
sys a: c: (from floppy to harddisk)
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Post by xyjamepa »

It didn't work with me any other way?
I'm using windows enviroment.
Thanx.
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Try downloading a live CD for Ubuntu:
http://www.ubuntu.com/

1. You could learn a little about linux.
2. You can find a terminal window and try to use dd.

dd bs=512 count=1 if=/dev/hda of=/dev/fda
dd bs=512 count=1 of=/dev/hda if=/dev/fda
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Post by pcmattman »

Get Cygwin, use it's dd command.

For instance, your 'C' drive (ie. first) boot sector --> floppy (A:):

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dd count=1 if=/dev/hdd0 of=/dev/fd0
Other way around, just change 'if' to 'of' and vice versa.
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