MBR Backup

Gloria E · Post by **Gloria E** » 04 Sep 2010, 22:07

I was looking at this freeware program and need advice about using it. It states that the best way to use it is to type the information, but the picture provided looks like something that can't possibly be typed correctly.

http://www.misec.net/products/mbr-backup/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Gloria E

Post by **HansV** » 04 Sep 2010, 22:19

You'd have to be very accurate, but it could be done (you'd type in the hexadecimal codes that you see in the center pane of the screenshot).

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 04 Sep 2010, 23:40

Gloria E wrote:I was looking at this freeware program and need advice about using it. It states that the best way to use it is to type the information, but the picture provided looks like something that can't possibly be typed correctly.

http://www.misec.net/products/mbr-backup/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Gloria E

Don't do it, Gloria!!!!!

DaveA · Post by **DaveA** » 05 Sep 2010, 00:10

If you REALLY want to mess up you computer, just have a go at it.

It is something that even the most expereniced use will NOT mess with.

Gloria E · Post by **Gloria E** » 05 Sep 2010, 19:43

HansV wrote:You'd have to be very accurate, but it could be done (you'd type in the hexadecimal codes that you see in the center pane of the screenshot).

I'm afraid to try it, maybe I'll find another one that is do not so difficult to do. Have you ever done this and do you think it's a good idea?

Gloria E · Post by **Gloria E** » 05 Sep 2010, 19:47

viking33 wrote:
Gloria E wrote:I was looking at this freeware program and need advice about using it. It states that the best way to use it is to type the information, but the picture provided looks like something that can't possibly be typed correctly.

http://www.misec.net/products/mbr-backup/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Gloria E
Don't do it, Gloria!!!!!

Good advice. I don't feel comfortable using that program so I've scratched it off my list.

Thanks Vike.

Bigaldoc · Post by **Bigaldoc** » 05 Sep 2010, 19:48

Gloria E wrote:I'm afraid to try it, maybe I'll find another one that is do not so difficult to do. Have you ever done this and do you think it's a good idea?

Gloria, I've been dorking around with personal computers for 35 years and I don't need the fingers of one hand to count the number of times I've EVER had to mess with the MBR !!!

I think you'd be well served to stay way away from software like that as others have recommended here.

Post by **HansV** » 05 Sep 2010, 19:58

Gloria E wrote:I'm afraid to try it, maybe I'll find another one that is do not so difficult to do. Have you ever done this and do you think it's a good idea?

No, I agree with the others that you shouldn't try this, or any other MBR backup program. The chance that you'd ever need it is neglectable, and the risks of mistakes is much too high.

Gloria E · Post by **Gloria E** » 05 Sep 2010, 20:08

Bigaldoc wrote:
Gloria E wrote:I'm afraid to try it, maybe I'll find another one that is do not so difficult to do. Have you ever done this and do you think it's a good idea?
Gloria, I've been dorking around with personal computers for 35 years and I don't need the fingers of one hand to count the number of times I've EVER had to mess with the MBR !!!

I think you'd be well served to stay way away from software like that as others have recommended here.

Believe me, I'm taking the good advice you gentlemen have given me. That program is in the trash, I didn't install it I just looked at it and decided it might be a good idea. I've changed my mind, it's a horrible idea.

Thanks Al

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » 06 Sep 2010, 03:22

Gloria E wrote:...I didn't install it...

A wise decision, your majesty!

Gloria E · Post by **Gloria E** » 06 Sep 2010, 17:54

PaulB wrote:
Gloria E wrote:...I didn't install it...
A wise decision, your majesty!

OH!!!! I love that title, just might change my handle to Your Majesty. It's a higher rank than Duchess.

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » 06 Sep 2010, 18:39

Didn't you declare yourself 'queen of this computer' in this post?

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 06 Sep 2010, 20:14

Gloria E wrote:
PaulB wrote:
Gloria E wrote:...I didn't install it...
A wise decision, your majesty!
OH!!!! I love that title, just might change my handle to Your Majesty. It's a higher rank than Duchess.

Charlotte already has that title. Sorry Gloria!

Gloria E · Post by **Gloria E** » 07 Sep 2010, 18:45

PaulB wrote:Didn't you declare yourself 'queen of this computer' in this post?

Duchess, Princess, Queen or Your Majesty, all the same, proves your royalty.

DaveA · Post by **DaveA** » 07 Sep 2010, 18:57

Nobility is a state-privileged status which is generally hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be largely honorary (e.g. precedence), but are maintained, or at least officially acknowledged, by law or government. Titles of nobility have often been associated with present or past monarchies, but nobility also existed in such republics as the Dutch Provinces, Genoa and Venice, and remains part of the legal social structure of, e.g. San Marino in Europe. Hereditary titles often distinguish nobles from non-nobles, although in many nations most of the nobility have been un-titled, and a hereditary title need not indicate nobility.

I have NOT seen any US approval of the use of these titles, and I do not think they should be used. Just like the "Family Crest" is passed on to the eldest son and ONLY he is rightful user a said crest. The misuse of these, is being abused and way to many people have claimed legal use of them.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 07 Sep 2010, 19:23

DaveA wrote:
I have NOT seen any US approval of the use of these titles, and I do not think they should be used. Just like the "Family Crest" is passed on to the eldest son and ONLY he is rightful user a said crest. The misuse of these, is being abused and way to many people have claimed legal use of them.

Dave,
This still IS the US of A. We have no royal titles or royalty of any kind. So if a person wants to be called Prince or Duchess or Queen or His or Her majesty or whatever, that's their prerogative.
Signed:
King Bob I

Post by **HansV** » 07 Sep 2010, 19:30

And how about Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Earl Hines, Prince (Nelson), King Oliver, ...

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 07 Sep 2010, 19:31

Hmmmm!

I thought there was a 'royal' family of Irish extraction in MA (Hyannis Port, Chappaquiddick, and Boston), viking.

At least from the way they were treated in the US press for 50 years, I thought they were royal. Maybe I just got it wrong.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 07 Sep 2010, 21:10

BobH wrote:Hmmmm!

I thought there was a 'royal' family of Irish extraction in MA (Hyannis Port, Chappaquiddick, and Boston), viking.

At least from the way they were treated in the US press for 50 years, I thought they were royal. Maybe I just got it wrong.

Not true! That was only in the minds of a few of their "subjects" who thought we were living in Camelot. That family had\has more than it's share of scandals and problems that really didn't sit right with a good majority of the locals. Excellent PR department though.

aekyall · Post by **aekyall** » 07 Sep 2010, 22:23

HansV wrote:And how about Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Earl Hines, Prince (Nelson), King Oliver, ...

and, of course, "The King" (aka Elvis)

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