MBR always included in an image?

[Artemisa]

Hi all,

In my understanding in older versions of TI (8 and 9?) the MBR of a system disk was only included when you created an image of the whole disk. MBR was not included if you created an image of a partition only, e.g. the C: partition.
Right?

Having a look now in the manual of TI version 11.8053 they say:

“A partition image includes all files and folders. This includes all attributes (including hidden
and system files), boot record, and FAT (file allocation table); as well as files in the root
directory and the zero track of the hard disk with master boot record (MBR).”

“A disk image includes images of all disk partitions as well as the zero track with master boot
record (MBR).”

Having a disk with 2 partitions:
C: with the Operating System
D: with data

Does this mean that the zero track of the hard disk with master boot record (MBR) would be included also if I only make an image of partition D: ?

Thanks for clarification
Artemisa

[MudCrab]

The MBR and Track 0 will be included in any disk or partition image backup. It doesn't matter if you backup only one partition or the entire disk.

[Artemisa]

Hello MudCrab,

thanks for your quick reply and clarification!

Am I right that in the older Versions this was not the case?

Regards
Artemisa

[MudCrab]

It's been a while since I've used TI 9 and I've never used any versions prior to build 3,677. However, I think you're correct that the versions earlier than 9 didn't save the MBR in partition only backups. The TI 9 manual lists this as a new feature so I assume it was added in version 9.

[Rod Williams]

TI8 did not. You had to do a complete drive backup to save MBR and track0.