Master Boot Record (MBR): On all PC fixed disks, the first physical sector is reserved for a short bootstrap program. This sector is the Master Boot Record (MBR). It also includes the partition table.

If this still isn't enough: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/structMBR-c.html

See:

• BootSector
• BackingUpTheMBR

Sometimes the dos command fdisk /mbr can be used to restore a partition table on a disk in the event that, for example, Linux has been installed after Windows and you can no longer boot into Windows.

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• RandyKramer - 14 Jan 2002
• GrantFraser - 18 Jan 2002 - Forwarded by Wendy F
• GrantFraser - 10 Mar 2002 - Link added.
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