Re: FIXMBR redux

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:50:04 -0700

I need to understand what you've stated as I have Drive Image 2002 as well.

If Drive Image 2002 doesn't include the contents of the MBR, would that not
make image restoration useless as it would not produce a bootable drive?
Since I've used Drive Image 2002 through several betas wherein I deleted my
system partition and restored the image created with Drive Image and had a
bootable system upon completion of the restore process, I'd like to know how
that is possible. In fact, as a part of the DI 2002 restore routine, you
must first delete the partition. 

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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>
> Although PartitionMagic is great at managing partitions, it doesn't let
> you save the contents of the MBR.  Neither does DriveImage since it
> creates image filesets for the partition and doesn't include the MBR.
> You mentioned a "keep the MBR" option.  Is this something new in their
> latest version 7?  I have DriveImage 2002 (and prior versions) and that
> was not an option.
>
> If PartitionMagic or DriveImage really don't include the MBR in whatever
> version you have, and if you were looking to copy the MBR from the
> source drive to the cloned drive, use mbrutil from Powerquest.  Go to:
>
> ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/
>
> and download head.zip.  You can also use tools like MBRtool
> (http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/~tkuurstra/mbrtool.htm).  If you know the
> bootstrap program is larger than 460 bytes and usurps the unused portion
> of track 0 then be sure to save the entire track 0 rather than just the
> MBR section (sector 0).  Some multiboot managers will use the rest of
> track 0 for their code or for an extended partition table (if they
> support more than 4 partitions).  You could save the MBR or track 0 onto
> a floppy and then use the mbrutil or MBRtool to restore it onto the
> cloned drive.
>
> With the message regarding hal.dll missing, did you perchance change the
> power saving settings in the BIOS from ACPI to APM or visa versa?  Have
> you tried running the Repair function from the install CD?
>
> You can configure the timeout for the boot menu.  System applet in
> Control Panel, Advanced, Startup and Recovery button,
>
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