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<blockquote data-quote="SpudR" data-source="post: 541035" data-attributes="member: 54104"><p>I guess this is why you failed to restore your system - you don't seem to know what the MBR actually IS!</p><p>It's not on a partition as such but sits BEFORE the data, in it's own little area (known as the main boot record - usually located in front of the first partition).</p><p>The MBR contains the details of the partitions AND some of the locations for the data to boot the system - that's why when you restored it to the wrong partition (from D to C) the boot failed. The system looked at the restored MBR, read the partition info and looked for the files on the D partition, which you had restored these to the C partition.</p><p></p><p>Just FYI - Maxtor (now Seagate) provide this: <a href="http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD" target="_blank">MaxBlast 5 | Seagate</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SpudR, post: 541035, member: 54104"] I guess this is why you failed to restore your system - you don't seem to know what the MBR actually IS! It's not on a partition as such but sits BEFORE the data, in it's own little area (known as the main boot record - usually located in front of the first partition). The MBR contains the details of the partitions AND some of the locations for the data to boot the system - that's why when you restored it to the wrong partition (from D to C) the boot failed. The system looked at the restored MBR, read the partition info and looked for the files on the D partition, which you had restored these to the C partition. Just FYI - Maxtor (now Seagate) provide this: [url=http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD]MaxBlast 5 | Seagate[/url] [/QUOTE]
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