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From: yernaux AT ifsa DOT ucl DOT ac DOT be (Bruno Yernaux)
Subject: dd.exe
8 Jan 1999 17:33:17 -0800 :
Message-ID: <36965DFE.6321551E.cygnus.gnu-win32@ifsa.ucl.ac.be>
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To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Hello,

I would like to know how to use dd.exe to read and write the MBR (Master
Boot record) of
a disk.  For instance,
            dd if=//./C: of=/tmp/bootsect bs=512 count=1
will save the boot sector of the C: partition in C:\tmp\bootsect but I
can't do the same for
the MBR.

Thanks in advance

Bruno yernaux
Yernaux AT ifsa DOT ucl DOT ac DOT be

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