Master Boot Record (MBR)

• File System Partition Table Header
  • Outlines the structure of up to four primary Partitions
  • Has a maximum addressable disk limit of 2TiB
  • The table is outlined at the very start of the drive, and terminates with a boot signature (if the disk is bootable)
• https://wiki.osdev.org/MBR_(x86)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
• Largely replaced by GUID Partition Table (GPT))).md)

When a disk is partitioned as GPT, it may still have an MBR, but the MBR will point to the GPT