How to Create a Master Partition Boot Utility

The master partition file on your hard drive is the file that contains the drive layout information for your drive. You can create a master partition boot utility by creating a boot disk that contains the necessary utilities to repair and diagnose the master partition. You do this by creating a DOS boot disk, which contains the Chkdsk feature. The Chkdsk feature contained on the boot CD enables you to work on your master partition file. This allows you to repair your master partition from a boot CD in the event that you are unable to boot into your operating system.

Things You'll Need

• Blank CD
• CD burning program
• DOS Image (linked in Resources)

Instructions

1. Click on the Resource link and download a DOS boot image.

2. Save the file to your desktop.

3. Insert the blank CD into your computer's CD drive.

4. Open your CD burning program and select the option to create a "Boot CD." This may be called something different depending on the manufacturer of your CD burning program, so consult your instruction manual for your program where in doubt.

5. Drag and drop the downloaded image to the queue and press "Burn."

References

• Computer Hope: DOS Chkdsk

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Bootdisks: Bootable DOS Images