Question

in boot sector 0 of an mbr - formatted drive, what is the starting offset byte position for the first partition in the primary partition table of the drive?
○ a. offset 0x1ae
○ b. offset 0x1be
○ c. offset 0x1ce
○ d. offset 0x1de

Explanation:

The MBR (Master Boot Record) boot sector is 512 bytes. The primary partition table starts at byte offset 0x1BE, where the first partition entry is located. Each partition entry occupies 16 bytes, so subsequent entries follow at offsets 0x1CE, 0x1DE, etc.

Answer:

b. Offset 0x1BE