Is the MBR always stored on the hard disc outside of partitions?


  1. Posts : 244
    win7pro 64bit
       #1

    Is the MBR always stored on the hard disc outside of partitions?


    Is the MBR always stored on the hard disc outside of partitions?

    What about the Bootmanager? Is this software inside or outside of a partition?

    And what if a computer is connected to TWO hard discs?

    Does each hard have its own MBR and its own Bootmanager?
    or is there ALWAYS excatly ONE MBR and ONE Bootmanager on one Computer?

    Peter
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  2. Posts : 16,161
    7 X64
       #2

    Is the MBR always stored on the hard disc outside of partitions?
    Yes

    What about the Bootmanager? Is this software inside or outside of a partition?
    On the Active partition by default.

    Does each hard have its own MBR
    Yes

    and its own Bootmanager?
    Not necessarily
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  3. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #3

    Does each hard have its own MBR

    SIW2, you said yes to this but I don't think that's true. The MBR is at the beginning of each drive and describes the partition layout among other things, right?
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  4. Posts : 16,161
    7 X64
       #4

    Each Hard Drive will have one mbr.
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  5. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #5

    Urk!!!! Somehow I thought it said partition.

    Humblest apologies (I should have known better).
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