Is it True and has Version 9.0 the same too?

Hi,
My HD is Partition into C:\ and D:\ . Obviously C:\ as the Primary active Partition, I was told by a friend that unless , I Backup the entire HD, the MBR is Not imaged. I usually just backup the C:\ Partition. thinking that "everything" is Backup, if I screwed up.
Is that true,cause I DO NOT want to Backup the entire HD, just to protect the MBR? Using Version 8.0 B937 and has this change in Version 9.0.

Thanks.

 

if i understand u, ur friend is correct. ur MBR will be backed up only if u image the entire disk. heres a previous thread on the issue

 

Hello niteghost,

Not usually a problem if you restore the partition to a drive that already contains a serviceable MBR. However, that isn't the case if you need to restore the partition to a brand new, unpartitioned, hard drive. Should you ever find yourself in this situation then you could use one of the following workarounds:

Restore the partition to the new drive. Boot into the Windows Recovery Console via a Win XP installation CD and issue the command fixmbr. In the case of Windows 9X you will need to boot from a Windows startup floppy and issue the command fdisk /mbr. Alternatively, download Acronis' <mbrautowrite.exe file>, run it to extract the MBR utility onto a formatted floppy disk. Boot from the floppy disk and confirm that you want to fix the MBR (if you don't have a floppy drive then download the <CD ISO version> instead).

Regards

 

Thanks, Menorcaman for your expertise reply. I am not sure what you meant by a ""serviceable MBR" , sorry for my ignorance. Is it using the XP Recovery CD to FixMBR and FIXBOOT, using Optiion "r" in the Recovery Console of XP , if the MBR is corrupted??

Thanks Again

 

Something that is "serviceable" is something that works properly. So a serviceable MBR is a good MBR that works.

For more info on using the Fixmbr command have a look at:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx?mfr=true

It also has a link about running the XP Recovery Console.