Master Boot Record
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A Master Boot Record is necessary to boot an [[Operating Systems|operating system]] on a [[PC]]. In most cases it is located at cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1 of the first hard drive. It contains executable code, error messages and a partition table. | A Master Boot Record is necessary to boot an [[Operating Systems|operating system]] on a [[PC]]. In most cases it is located at cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1 of the first hard drive. It contains executable code, error messages and a partition table. |
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- Master Boot Record
Introduction
A Master Boot Record is necessary to boot an operating system on a PC. In most cases it is located at cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1 of the first hard drive. It contains executable code, error messages and a partition table.