Re: 2003 will take over Xp MBR?

"Jatinder" <Jatinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My question is i had installed Xp Pro on my system then later i
> installed windows 2003, before my Master Boot Record was Xp, so now
> will windows 2003 bcome my MBR or still Xp is my MBR. Some ppl say
> 2003 is higher version so it will take over MBR.
> So which partion is now MBR XP or Win 2003?

I don't quite understand what you mean. The MBR is a file on a sector on the
HDD that holds information on what Operating system(s) you have installed.
There isn't an "XP" MBR or a "2003" MBR. If you have installed Server 2003
over the top XP the MBR will only contain the 2003 record. If you installed
2003 on a separate partition, then the MBR should contain two records - XP
and 2003.


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