• A volume boot record (VBR) (also known as a volume boot sector, a partition boot record or a partition boot sector) is a type of boot sector introduced...
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  • or in conjunction with each partition's volume boot record (VBR). This MBR code is usually referred to as a boot loader. The organization of the partition...
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    contain code to locate the active partition and invoke its volume boot record. A volume boot record (VBR) is the first sector of a data storage device that...
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  • An extended boot record (EBR), or extended partition boot record (EPBR), is a descriptor for a logical partition under the common DOS disk drive partitioning...
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  • to BPB, is a data structure in the volume boot record (VBR) describing the physical layout of a data storage volume. On partitioned devices, such as hard...
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    partition, known as Volume Boot Record (VBR), and executes it. The MBR boot code is often operating-system specific. A bootable MBR device is defined...
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  • NTLDR (redirect from Boot.ini)
    first partition of the first hard drive). NTLDR is launched by the volume boot record of system partition, which is typically written to the disk by the...
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    exe. Options to boot a prior version of the Windows NT family by invoking its NTLDR. Options to load and to execute a volume boot record. The operating...
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  • they are designed for. MS-DOS/PC DOS/DR-DOS A valid boot sector in form of a volume boot record (VBR) IO.SYS or IBMBIO.COM MSDOS.SYS or IBMDOS.COM COMMAND...
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  • system will not boot. boot.xxyy – these 512-byte files are backups of boot sectors, either the master boot record (MBR) or volume boot record (VBR), created...
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