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Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 | GAGA real/unreal "C:\" (Users)

posted by DOS386, 17.08.2011, 09:20

> GAG to get into a DOS environment and (Free)DOS can
> only see my XP D:\ drive (as its C:\ drive)
> so I'm not sure how it can modify the MBR of the 'real' C:\ partition (NTFS)

There is no "real" or "unreal" like "C:\" partition. There are 2 partitions:

* "part0" NTSC
* "part1" FAT

Under XP "part0" becomes "C:" and "part1" becomes "D:" ( no "\" ).

Under FreeDOS "part0" is ignored and "part1" becomes "C:"

MBR is NOT part on any partition so you can write into it in DOS (and doing so can be useful).

Both partitions do have a PBR, you could write into the PBR of "part0" in DOS too (but probably no point).

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