boot sector - where is it? how do i view?

[reiss]

hey
have windows XP, wanted to view the contents of my boot sector.
anyone know how.

thanks

[John Prophet]

hmm..what would you see if u looked at it?? lol

there is a thing called "diskprobe" for ntfs....but I am not sure what it is really for....and i dont want to be blamed for any mishaps!!

you can find it on msofts site

JP

[reiss]

Originally posted by John Prophet
hmm..what would you see if u looked at it?? lol JP

really not sure. i dont like things hiding on my computer, so open up boot sector, im coming in.

thanks for the tip JP

[paul9]

a disk sector editor should show it, but do not change things in there. norton utilities had one, but i don't know if the version i had worked with ntfs.