cannot be understood, as well as: The MBR is a single sector, the first absolute sector of a disk or LBA0. Typically, if the HP came with Vista or 7, partitions will be aligned to "1 Mbyte", i.e. the first partition should start on sector LBA 2048 or CHS 0/32/33. It is possible (but UNlikely) that a copy of the original MBR has been made and saved in any of the "hidden sectors". Make a copy of the first 2048 sectors of the disk (by using dd or a similar program), compress it in a .zip or 7z archive and attach it to your next post. When you use an online translator, there are some tricks that you can use: 1. use SHORT sentences 2. use SIMPLEST possible grammar/sentence structure 3 .imagine that you are talking to a child 4. try using the same online translator to translate back to the original language the result of the translation 5. if the result is different from the original, try using some different terms/construction of sentence jaclaz cannot be understood, as well as: enclosed 2 files ; mbr sector_0 00h-1F0h - overwritten by windows mbrsector_32 original -after copying hdd ( hybrid mbr?) in sector 1,2,3, are all zeros (00h) the system starts up when you press F11 at startup Recovery does not start. application Recovery starts when you see the windows startup win7 (where are the other options) IHMO HP has an unusual MBR - in the first 400 bytes is probably a reference to sector 32 looking for first 400 bytes Mbr-I want to check my assumptions additionally attached bcd.txt out.7z