How to check Windows MBR code from Linux?

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piratesmack
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#21 Post by piratesmack »

If run without options, ms-sys will inspect your current boot record

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# ms-sys mbr.bin 
mbr.bin has an x86 boot sector,
it is a Microsoft 2000/XP/2003 master boot record, like the one this
program creates with the switch -m on a hard disk device.
Note: Last time I checked Puppy came with an old version of ms-sys, so it might not recognize the boot record for newer versions of Windows.

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#22 Post by Flash »

ms-sys --help gives a list of options and arguments.

ms-sys --version gives the version in Puppy.
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#23 Post by Lobster »

thought this might be of interest . . .
http://www.ntfs.com/mbr-damaged.htm
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