Hello everyone,
I'm having some difficulty trying to convert a MBR file with hex codes into a "translated" version, where the output explains the contents of the file. For example, a table of primary partitions that I want to translate into plain english:
--- MBR: ---
Partition 1 - 80 01 01 00 83 FE 3F 01 3F 00 00 00 43 7D 00 00
Partition 2 - 00 00 01 02 83 FE 3F 0D 82 7D 00 00 0C F1 02 00
Partition 3 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Partition 4 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
--- Translation: ---
partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead 1, startsector 63, 32067 sectors;
partition 2: ID=0x83, starthead 0, startsector 32130, 192780 sectors, code offset 0x48
According to a webpage I found, it can be done by using the following commands:
a) $dd if=/dev/YOUR_DATA_STORAGE_DEVICE of=DESTINATION_FILE bs=512 count=1
b) $file YOUR_EXTRACTED_MBRE
The only problem is that I'm looking for a way to do this in Windows through a text-editor of some sorts. I have a .txt file with the hex values as plain text (80 01 01 00 83 FE 3F 01 3F 00 00 00 43 7D 00 00 etc...). Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!