A common use case for ms-sys is restoring the Windows MBR after removing Linux from a dual-boot system. The program can write the specific MBR for Windows 7, 8, 10, and others.
If your analysis of the support.tar.gz file confirms that the MBR sector is corrupted or missing its boot code, you can fix it using a live Linux rescue disk.
The installation typically places the install-mbr binary in /sbin/install-mbr .
Look under the "assets" section of the latest release, or in the master branch documentation, for links related to "MBR/BIOS boot".
For restoring a clean, Windows/DOS-compatible MBR from Linux, use the officially packaged ms-sys utility available in most standard package managers:
Use an SFTP client (like WinSCP or FileZilla) to download the support.tar.gz file to your local administration workstation. Method 2: Via PowerStore Manager UI Log into the HTML5 management interface. Navigate to > Support > Support Materials . Click Gather Support Materials .
Another popular MBR tool is ms-sys , available from at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ms-sys/ . This utility can write various MBRs to a disk, including Windows MBRs, GRUB, GRUB4DOS, ReactOS MBR, and more.
Once you have downloaded an MBR tool in tar.gz format, follow these steps:
# Backup MBR sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr_backup.bin bs=512 count=1
Understanding and Downloading the MBR Support Tool (support.tar.gz)
However, MBR has significant limitations: