A:\> FDISK.EXE /MBR
FDISK is a standard utility included in MS-DOS, Windows 95, 98, ME.
If you have Windows NT / 2000 / XP, you can boot from startup floppy disks or CD-ROM, choose the Repair option during setup, and run Recovery Console. When you are logged on, you can run the FIXMBR command to fix the MBR.
Also you can use third party MBR recovery software. if you have created an MBR backup, restore it (using a utility such as Active@ Partition Recovery ).
What will happen if the first sector is bad/unreadable?
If the first sector is unreadable, you will likely get the blank screen environment as described when we removed the first 16 bytes with zeros. If you try to read the first sector using Disk Viewer/Editor you will probably get an error message saying that sector is unreadable. In this case recovery software is unable to help you to bring drive back to working condition. Physical recovery of the partition is not possible.
The data might be recoverable with a utility that can scan and search to perform virtual partition recovery. If something is found, datacan be displayed and the user has an opportunity to save important data to another location. Third party software, like Active@ UNERASER, will help you here.
