How to use MBRTool to backup and restore MBR
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:36 pm
Hi
Today I had some success. I got Vista and Win7 dual booting using XOSL using 3 partitions and PTS Disk Editor (to fix the disk signature). Have made backups (using Acronis True Image) of my Vista and Win7 partitions and everything seems just fine.
Now I'd like to back up my MBR to a different disk.
I'm using Ultimate Boot CD on a CD (not a flash drive). When running MBRTool and requesting to save the MBR it comes back with a permissions error. According to the MBRTool documentation (if I understand it correctly), it will save the MBR onto the same disk that MBRTool was started with.
Does this mean it's trying to save to the CD and thus giving the error?
How can I use MBRTool to back up to a different drive? And how can I restore from a different drive?
I've just thought that if I use UBCD on a flash drive - maybe that would work?
Any ideas would be most gratefully received...
Jack
Today I had some success. I got Vista and Win7 dual booting using XOSL using 3 partitions and PTS Disk Editor (to fix the disk signature). Have made backups (using Acronis True Image) of my Vista and Win7 partitions and everything seems just fine.
Now I'd like to back up my MBR to a different disk.
I'm using Ultimate Boot CD on a CD (not a flash drive). When running MBRTool and requesting to save the MBR it comes back with a permissions error. According to the MBRTool documentation (if I understand it correctly), it will save the MBR onto the same disk that MBRTool was started with.
Does this mean it's trying to save to the CD and thus giving the error?
How can I use MBRTool to back up to a different drive? And how can I restore from a different drive?
I've just thought that if I use UBCD on a flash drive - maybe that would work?
Any ideas would be most gratefully received...
Jack