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Issue 180

From Issue #180
April 2009

Apr 01, 2009  By Kyle Rankin
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The Master Boot Record is an amazing little section of disk that you almost never notice—until it's gone. When that happens, read below to find out how to bring it back.
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Kyle Rankin is a systems architect; and the author of DevOps Troubleshooting, The Official Ubuntu Server Book, Knoppix Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, Linux Multimedia Hacks, and Ubuntu Hacks.

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THANKS KYLE!!!!

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Submitted by linuxgeek96 on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 11:07.

THANK U SO MUCH I JUST REINSTALLED WINDOZE @ WORK AND IT WROTE OVER OUR 1.5TB BACKUP BUT THIS GOT IT ALL BACK!!!

Awesome

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Submitted by Dan Burkland (not verified) on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 10:02.

These are the types of articles I like reading as they always benefit me somehow in the future. Keep up the good work guys!

Good Reference Article

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Submitted by Jay Reeder (not verified) on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 20:02.

Great article. I was trying to learn about grub and gparted and MBR recovery and multibooting. I printed out many articles, from the internet, said that grub could be reinstalled, but they did not say what to do if the MBR is actually corrupted. I then remembered Kyles column in my hardcopy mag. Kyles column clearly addresses this. Again, good reference article. Thanks.

amazing article

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Submitted by Linux mania kareem A.k (not verified) on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 07:36.

very important article

i formated my drive before cause i donot know how to restore the patation table and the file system of the partation

thank you

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