MBR is out of date

Hello,
Sometimes I get this message from FD ISR saying I should update the MBR. Any idea why and how to do that?

 

No sorry, that's a new one on me. Which version of fd-isr is that?

 

Wondering about that myself
Using the latest version 3.20 build 202.

 

Using the latest version.

Eldar, this is the exact same message I get. Glad to know I am not the only one.

 

ok, that surprises me (but then many things about computers do ) since Fd-isr doesn't bother with mbr anymore, or so I thought. It seems a bit like telling you ur AV is out of date, afraid I can't help, but will be interesting to see what one of the experts has to say.

 

This is really strange because when I go in the Start Menu from FD ISR, as suggested by the message I don't see anything to "Create a new MBR"

 

No I just looked throgh all the options myself, and see no reference to the MBR. As I sad b4 it was my uderstanding that fd-isr stopped messing with the MBR in this or a previous version, so I'm puzzled.

the command fdisk -u will update the mbr keeping all partitions.....I think....but have someone who knows what they are talking about confirm this before using it.

 

Wonder if it could be a remnant of an older version left on our systems if we upgraded the newer version on top of the old version?

Acadia

 

Hi Acadia, as for myself I always do a clean install for any Software I upgrade.

 

Then maybe they forgot to remove the coding for that feature when they made the latest version?

Acadia

 

Yep, really strange since it doesn't use MBR anymore.

No AV out of date, so that's not it.
Will try your other suggestion when confirmed by someone who knows it a bit better. Not doubting it may help, but better make sure before performing that command.
Anyway thanks for your help.

Nope, uninstalled the previous version on my laptop running Windows MCE and upgraded to Vista.
Installed the latest FDISR-version, although it's always possible something was left behind. The question is what

 

Absolutely, be sure and get confirmation from someone who actually knows, someone like Peter, will be along in due course, and since he both uses fd-isr and understands computers vastly more than I do he likely can say whether that command would be of use or a seriously bad idea.

 

Just tried it for the fun
It's an unknown command.

 

Gee, your'e brave man.

 

Too late.
Will wait until Peter or someone else responds to this problem.
It's annoying, that's all, but for the rest FD-ISR works great.

 

No big deal, got my images to fall back on, in case it corrupts my system.

 

Hi Antarctica,

The message that Elder posted above in Post 3 is referring to the option to update the MBR Backup floppy. In FD's menu, look under Help -> FirstDefence-ISR Manual -> Options -> MBR Backup Options, and it will explain about using the MBR Backup Wizard to make a copy of the MBR for safekeeping.

A reminder to occasionally make a new backup can be scheduled too.

Hope that helps,

Snap

 

No can't see anything like that in my manual. I suspect that was a feature of the old fd-isr when it used to play with MBR.
Here's what's in my manual.

 

Yes, that was a feature in the previous version.
Can't find anything here.

 

Yeah, this is quite strange because I always do a "clean install" when I install new build.

@snapdragin, thanks for your help but as the others I can't see anything about the MBR in the Help Menu.

 

Sorry guys, I know FDISR pretty good, except when there are technical problems.
I hesitate to recommend "fixmbr", because I don't know anything about it.
Do at least some research on this command before you really use it and make sure you have a backup of your system.

The latest build has no MBR functions anymore, because you don't need them anymore.

 

Yes, it appears that the option to make a copy of the MBR was only available in the earlier version; not the latest one. Under "Tools -> Options" there was a tab called "MBR backup" which also gave you the option to schedule a reminder to make another backup of the MBR. That tab isn't available in the newer versions of FD.

I'm not sure (it's been awhile) but I think a scheduled reminder was checked by default. It could be that even though you uninstalled the earlier version, the scheduled reminder might still be active from that previous version?

 

Looking at the warning again, it says:
Your FirstDefence-ISR MBR Backup is out of date, so I would be wary of using any commands to alter your actual MBR. So since fd-isr no longer does MBR backups, or takes much interest in the MBR, could it be, if you had an older version of fd-isr on your system that there is an old MBR backup somewhere that it is detecting, or any other software that creates backups of your MBR that it can see?
Though from the image posted it clearly thinks it can still backupthe MBR, has to be something from an older version still interacting.