[Coco] OT -- PC needs TWO Shut Downs

[Bob Devries]

Mike, maybe you're thinking of the command:

FDISK /MBR

This installs the master boot record onto the current drive. Check out the 
details of the FDISK command.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KnudsenMJ at aol.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] OT -- PC needs TWO Shut Downs


>
> In a message dated 4/4/06 8:29:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> theother_bob at yahoo.com writes:
>
>>Found at  http://www.vfrazee.com/ms-dos/6.22/help/help%20summary.htm
>
>
>
> Thanks -- I do remember that vaguely from the days of making MSDOS boot
> floppies.
> But I still think something extra is needed to put the so-called "Master
> Boot Record" onto a hard drive.  Or does the above do that, along with the 
> three
> files?
>
> I have a brand spanking new 100G Maxtor waiting to go into my PC, and I 
> want
> to make sure I can switch the booting job over to it after it becomes the
> "master."
> Thanks, Mike K.
>
>
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