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boot sector
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:48 am
by xyjamepa
Hi
how can I copy my HDD boot sector to floppy disk
and then how can I copy it back to my HDD.
Thanx
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:03 am
by Combuster
under DOS and derivates:
sys c: a: (from disk to floppy)
or
sys a: c: (from floppy to harddisk)
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:07 pm
by xyjamepa
It didn't work with me any other way?
I'm using windows enviroment.
Thanx.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:19 pm
by Kevin McGuire
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
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:16 pm
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.