MBRWork

 

MBRWORK by Terabyteunlimited

Author: Lee Chapelle

Mbrwork can be used to repair or rebuild a partition table when it becomes damaged by a virus, Partition Magic crash, power failure, or other unexpected event. Of course make a backup of all data before testing this. If it's an emergency situation then proceed.

 Default screen after 1) Backup First Track.

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6 steps to recover a lost partition

 

Option 7: Choose the hard drive to work on (HD0 is primary master).

  1. Option 1: Backup first track
  2. Option 4: Reset the MBR to zero
  3. Option 3: Reset EMBR to zero. 
  4. Option A: Recover MS Partitions (see fig 2)
  5. Option 5: Install standard MBR code (you may reinstall a boot manager after)

         See explanations below.

 

After option 4:) Reset MBR to zero Option A) added to menu (notice partition information is also zeros)
 
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MBRWork Menu

1) Backup First Track

This is your safety valve to put things back as they were

2) Restore First Track

Appears as an option only after using 1)

3) Reset EMBR

Clear extended partition area

4) Reset MBR

Remove partitions

5) Install Std MBR

Same as fdisk /mbr (removes any boot manager)

6) Set active partition

Also can be done with fdisk

7) Change active HD

 

8) Only shows if DDO present

Remove Dynamic Disk Overlay (EZDrive or Maxblast)

9) Capability Check

Runs tests on your BIOS, makes no changes.

E) Exit

 

A) Recover partitions

Appears only after running 3) (and/or 4