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From: nacer@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Abdenacer Moussaoui)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Re: Boot sector parameter table tricks
Message-ID: <15350002@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com>
Date: 25 Jul 90 21:14:30 GMT
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1- Can anybody provide or point out to a tool to read a boot sector ,
store it on a floppy and then later on restore it?


For my information:

2- Is the boot sector the only sector that is required to be defect free?
Can IBMIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM (or equivalents) be started other than
cluster 2 in case the sectors are bad?
Assume a cluster size of 4, is cluster 1 actucally sector 0,1,2,3?

Thank you.