-Does your computer fail to bootup?
-Does your computer freeze and reboot?
-Cannot access your data due to the lost password?
-Does your computer contain critical data?
-Don't have a recent backup?
-Reformatted your harddrive?
-Accidentally deleted files?
Our blog will provide the relevant information on free tools, techniques, and approaches to recover your computer and get your valuable data back.
HD Hacker is portable software compatible with Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista that can be used to backup and restore the Master Boot Record or any other sector the user specifies. It offers the option to select the drive by drive letter or physical drive.
The software supports two read and write operations. A sector can be read from disk or file and can be saved to disk or file as well. To backup the Master Boot Record one would Read the boot sector from disk and save it to file afterwards. This ensures that the Master Book Record can be recovered anytime in case something should alter or corrupt it.
An MBR and BootSector backup can also be useful for simple precautionary purposes too, since sometimes viruses or other OS setup (like Linux) could overwrite and/or alter the MBR/Boot Sectors, making it impossible to start up previous OS and/or access data stored on the disk. HDHacker can provide "insurance" against all these types of loss.
You can also download several international software versions from the author’s website: Italian, French, Spanish, and German.
Tool to fix or create Master Boot Record (MBR) on hard disks (supports Windows PE).
Usage:
MbrFix /drive <num> {/partition <part>} <command> { /yes } { /byte }
Requirements:
The program is made for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows PE. Both 32-bit and 64-bit x64 editions are supported.
You need administrative privileges to make it work!
Supported Commands:
1. Display drive information
2. Returns drive size in MB as return value
3. Display partition information
4. Save MBR and partitions to file
5. Restore MBR and partitions from file
6. Update MBR code to W2K/XP/2003 or Vista
7. Delete all partitions in MBR
8. Read disk signature from MBR
9. Write disk signature to MBR
10. Generate disk signature in MBR
11. Read state from byte 0x1b2 in MBR
12. Write state to byte 0x1b2 in MBR
13. Save sectors from drive to file
14. Update Boot code in boot sector
15. Get partition type
16. Set partition type
17. Set active partition
18. Get active partition
19. Get volume information for partition
20. Flush files to disk for partition
21. List partition types
Developers Website: http://www.sysint.no/nedlasting/mbrfix.htm
MBRtool is a freeware DOS program designed to backup, restore and manipulate your hard disk MBR. While MBRtool is not an automatic recovery program, it will allow users to prevent data loss (due to MBR corruption) by backing up the MBR, and offers power users all the power they’ll ever need to ’mess’ with their MBR.
MBRtool Features
* Backup, verify and restore the MBR
* Backup, restore, wipe and clean track 0
* Edit or blank the MBR partition table
* Refresh, remove MBR boot code
* Write MBR signature bytes
* Display MBR to screen or dump to file
- Do all this for either the original MBR or backups
* Create ’blank’ backup files
* Change partition attributes (active, hidden)
* Manipulate NT/2000/XP disk admin signature
Developers Website: http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/mbrtool.htm
MBRtool can be run from the command line or from the MBRtool menu.
New: the MBRtool installer now includes an easy to use boot diskette builder that will assist you in creating a diskette or bootable CD/DVD.
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