just 1 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 A few people said it's sector 0 or different places, not on the disks, but another person said that the boot part is located on the disks (presumably the disk on which the system is installed), which is correct? Why is there a separate scan option in ESET scan if it is on disks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,659 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) It depends on if the device is using BIOS, UEFI - legacy mode, or UEFI. For BIOS and UEFI - legacy mode devices, the OS boot files are located on track 1, sector 0 of the hard/SSD disk partition where the OS is installed. For UEFI devices, the OS boot files are contained within the BCD store which in turn is located in a boot directory within the UEFI; i.e. System Reserved, partition. Edited December 20, 2022 by itman just 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just 1 Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 19 hours ago, itman said: It depends on if the device is using BIOS, UEFI - legacy mode, or UEFI. For BIOS and UEFI - legacy mode devices, the OS boot files are located on track 1, sector 0 of the hard/SSD disk partition where the OS is installed. For UEFI devices, the OS boot files are contained within the BCD store which in turn is located in a boot directory within the UEFI; i.e. System Reserved, partition. Okay thanks. But can ESET access the legacy mode boot partition, that is, the boot partition that is not included in the disks? @itman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,659 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 2 hours ago, just said: ut can ESET access the legacy mode boot partition, that is, the boot partition that is not included in the disks? You've ask the same question multiple times in prior postings. The answer is yes. Don't ask this again. LesRMed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just 1 Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 2 hours ago, itman said: You've ask the same question multiple times in prior postings. The answer is yes. Don't ask this again. Ok thanks, have a Good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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