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  Rating: 4.54 out of 5 by 13 users
  Submitted: 10/10/02
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Use this nifty little tool to do any of the following:


1 - Backup the first track on a hard drive.

2 - Restore the backup file.

3 - Reset the EMBR area to all zeros.

4 - Reset the MBR are to all zeros.

5 - Install standard MBR Code

6 - Set a partition active (avail on the command line too)

7 - Work with multiple hard drives.

8 - Remove EZ-Drive (You must boot directly to a diskette (by passing ez-drive)
for this option to show)

9 - Edit MBR partition entry values.

A - If no partitions exist in the MBR and no EMBR exists then this option
will allow you to recover lost FAT, HPFS, NTFS, and Extened partitions.


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Did you write it yourself?
-- Derek Davis , October 15, 2002
 
No. It's a tool that we use for repairing virus damage. (Technical Support)
-- BYU FAN , October 15, 2002
 
Very useful, but I hope that I don't have to use it very often. :-)
-- Ammon Beckstrom , October 15, 2002
 
Additionally, you can use this tool as an alternative to fdisk.
-- BYU FAN , October 15, 2002
 
Please leave a comment if you're going to rate this tool.
Thanks.
-- BYU FAN , October 15, 2002
 
kelly...could you explain to me what the EMBR and HPFS are, i don't think i know what they are, or if i do, i may know them as something else. thanks
-- J J , October 17, 2002
 
Nice tool. I've used fdisk /mbr before to clear the master boot record, but this is much better. Thanks.
-- Beau Neal , October 17, 2002
 
FYI - Here are some highlights of HPFS. It doesn't sound like you'll ever need to worry about it:

The HPFS file system was first introduced with OS/2 1.2 to allow for greater access to the larger hard drives that were then appearing on the market.
HPFS is best for drives in the 200-400 MB range.
HPFS is only supported under Windows NT versions 3.1, 3.5, and 3.51. Windows NT 4.0 cannot access HPFS partitions.

This info came from a microsoft support site.

There is also some interesting facts about fat and ntfs on the same site. Check it out.
-- Beau Neal , October 17, 2002
 
Thanks for answering Justin's questions.
-- BYU FAN , October 18, 2002
 
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