The file SMBNEW.bin as hexa text: 000 31 c9 8e c1 8e d9 8e d1 bc 00 7a 89 e7 be 00 7c 1.........z....| 010 fc b5 01 f3 a5 e9 00 fe fb be 9a 7b b8 0d 0e bb ...........{.... 020 07 00 cd 10 a0 0d 7b cd 10 b8 0d 0e cd 10 ac 84 ......{......... 030 c0 75 f9 bb 5b 00 03 1e 6c 04 b4 01 cd 16 75 0b .u..[...l.....u. 040 3b 1e 6c 04 79 f4 a0 0d 7b eb 04 b4 00 cd 16 3c ;.l.y...{......< 050 61 72 02 2c 20 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 bf b4 7b 89 ar., .........{. 060 fe 83 ee 02 38 44 01 74 10 80 7c 01 00 75 f2 be ....8D.t..|..u.. 070 1c 7b eb b5 be 30 7b eb b0 8a 14 b5 00 b6 00 80 .{...0{......... 080 fa fc 72 eb 88 c1 b8 10 00 f7 e2 05 fe 6b 89 c7 ..r..........k.. 090 80 7d 04 00 74 de 88 0e 0d 7b b1 01 bf be 7b 88 .}..t....{....{. 0a0 2d 88 6d 10 88 6d 20 88 6d 30 a3 0e 7b 97 b2 80 -.m..m .m0..{... 0b0 b6 00 88 15 bb 00 7a b5 00 b1 01 b8 01 03 cd 13 ......z......... 0c0 72 35 a1 0e 7b 97 8b 4d 0a 8b 45 08 8b 15 be 03 r5..{..M..E..... 0d0 00 bb 00 7c 56 31 f6 56 56 51 50 06 53 be 01 00 ...|V1.VVQP.S... 0e0 56 be 10 00 56 89 e6 60 b8 00 42 cd 13 61 8d 64 V...V..`..B..a.d 0f0 10 5e 73 09 4e 75 da be 10 7b e9 2c ff bb 12 00 .^s.Nu...{.,.... 100 03 1e 6c 04 3b 1e 6c 04 79 fa e9 f3 00 31 be 7b ..l.;.l.y....1.{ 110 0a 44 69 73 6b 20 65 72 72 6f 72 0d 0a 31 20 32 .Disk error..1 2 120 20 33 20 6f 72 20 34 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 0d 0a 00 3 or 4 only ... 130 0a 6e 6f 20 70 61 72 74 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 0d 0a .no partition .. 140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 07 53 4d 42 4d ............SMBM 1a0 42 52 20 20 0a 0d 00 41 00 00 00 00 fc 31 fd 32 BR ...A.....1.2 1b0 fe 33 ff 34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .3.4............ 1c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 1d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 1e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 1f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa ..............U. in the .bin file there is no partition table and no disk signature the .bin file is copied on the disk first sector from 0 to 1b3 only so the MBR is not modified after 1b4. partcopy smbmbr.bin 0 1b4 -h0 example of the MBR end of a real disk with SMBNEW installed ... ... 180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 07 42 34 35 20 ............B45 1a0 20 20 20 20 0a 0d 00 41 00 00 00 00 fc 31 fd 32 ...A.....1.2 1b0 fe 33 ff 34 00 2c 4a 7c d3 44 db 9d 00 00 00 01 .3.4.,J|.D...... 1c0 01 00 0b fe bf fc 3f 00 00 00 7e 86 bb 00 80 00 ......?...~..... 1d0 81 fd 0c fe ff ff bd 86 bb 00 bd 86 bb 00 00 00 ................ 1e0 c1 ff 83 fe ff ff 7a 0d 77 01 20 d8 07 00 00 00 ......z.w. ..... 1f0 c1 ff 0f fe ff ff 9a e5 7e 01 cc 50 df 03 55 aa ........~..P..U. Modifications possible without compilation: address 034 5b is 5 seconds : time to wait for a key to choose a partition 0FE 12 is 1 second : delay to boot the selected partition (delay to press F8...) 19B 07 is beep 19C to 1A3 SMBMBR.. : write here the disk name