MBRWizard – Backup and restore your MBR
Posted by hina on November 13, 2009 under Accessories, Software | 
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If you’re anything like me you probably love experimenting with your computer a lot. And if you’re anything like me you’ve probably messed up your master boot record more than a couple of times while trying to dual boot OSx86 on your computer or something. The last time that happened to me it took a couple hours of failed boots, Windows repairs and grinding of teeth before I managed to fix up the corrupted MBR of my hard disk.
Thats why I should probably have backed up my MBR before I started. Of course if you haven’t even heard of an MBR before you started reading this article this tool is probably not for you, but its always good to know what to do in the event that your computer freeze and simply refuses to boot to Windows.
MBRWizard is a tool that allows you to backup your master boot record, the sector of your hard disk that stores information on how to boot up, and incidentally the area of your hard disc most prone to editing by partition tools and boot managers and thus the most susceptible to corruption. Once done you can copy the backed up MBR into a removable drive or the like so that you can easily restore your MBR if anything goes wrong while your grubby hands are fooling around with more dual booting.
