Question

in an mbr partition table, what is the offset byte location that lists the system identification of the file system for the first partition on a drive?
○ a. offset 0x1bf
○ b. offset 0x1c0
○ c. offset 0x1c1
○ d. offset 0x1c2

Explanation:

Each MBR partition entry is 16 bytes. The first partition entry starts at offset 0x1BE. The system identification byte (file system type) is the 5th byte in this entry: 0x1BE + 4 = 0x1C2.

Answer:

d. Offset 0x1C2