Full form of MBR
- Full form of MBR is Master Boot Record.
MBR stands for Master Boot Record. It is also known as Boot Record. It was introduced in the year 1983 by IBM (International Business Machines). It is a special record or information with the help of which booting happens in any laptops or computer’s Operating System.
When you buy a computing device like computers, laptops etc. then it is required to install an operating system. The information related to which operating system and from where it’s going to boot is stored in MBR.
It is a special type of boot sector which is the first sector in the hard disk. It contains a boot loader which have the information of which operating system is installed. Also, the information of how many partitions are in the drive.
What is a Boot Loader?
Boot Loader is a small code or an information related to booting which directs to the disk drive which contains booting related information with the help of which operating system boots.
For ex: If you have windows-based operating system then boot loader contains the information related to the operating system. And if windows don’t boot due to any virus in the computer system or if u have dual booting and u try to remove one any one operating system, then there is need to repair MBR.
What are the limitations of MBR?
- It only supports disks with size up-to 2 Tb.
- It only supports up-to 4 partitions.
MBR Full Form Related FAQs
What is the full form of MBR?
Answer: Master Boot Record.
What is better MBR or GPT?
Answer: GPT is better than MBR. GPT has better security and can create more than 4 partitions. And supports hard disks more than 2tb.
What Is the full form of GPT?
Answer: GUID Partition Table.