Tag Archives: Master Boot Record

Virus Glossary

Posted on November 28, 2011 by emily

Below is a brief list of common virus terms. Boot Sector Hard disk drives, floppy diskettes, and logical drives (partitions) all have boot sectors where critical drive information is stored. See also partition table, Master Boot Record, and multi-partite viruses. … Continue reading →

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FAQ Part 1

Posted on June 25, 2011 by jackie li

(i) What does FDISK /MBR do? It places “clean” partition code onto the partition of your hard disk. It does not necessarily change the partition information, however. [It does sometimes, and when it does it us usually fatal (for the … Continue reading →

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