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How do boot sectors and multiple drives works?
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I don't fully understand the concept of a boot sector, I was hoping someone could clear this up for me. If you have two hard drives, with an OS installed on each, does each drive have its own boot sector? Does each drive need an MBR partition? I've got Linux and Windows on two separate drives. I've…
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Wil's answer is vaguely correct, but isn't technically accurate. Yes, a drive does not need an MBR. Without one, you will be unable to boot from that drive, and you will not be able to create partitions on that drive. BUT... The term Master Boot Rec…
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