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Boot Sector Interpretation

The document summarizes the boot sector of a FAT12 file system. It lists the byte offsets and descriptions of key fields in the boot sector, including the jump instructions, volume label, file system type, cluster and sector sizes, number of FATs and reserved sectors. The boot sector signature value at the end identifies it as a valid boot sector.

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Boot Sector Interpretation

The document summarizes the boot sector of a FAT12 file system. It lists the byte offsets and descriptions of key fields in the boot sector, including the jump instructions, volume label, file system type, cluster and sector sizes, number of FATs and reserved sectors. The boot sector signature value at the end identifies it as a valid boot sector.

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Boot Sector Interpretation

• 00-02: eb 3c 90 Instructions to jump to boot code


• 03-0a: 4d 53 44 4f 53 35 2e 30
• Name string (MSDOS5.0)
• 0b-0c: 00 02 Bytes/sector (0x0200 = 512)
• 0d : 01 Sectors/cluster (1)
• 0e-0f: 01 00 Size of reserved area (1 sector)
• 10 : 02 Number of FATs (2)
• 11-12: e0 00 Max. number of root directory entries (0x00e0 = 224)
• 13-14: 40 0b Total number of sectors (0x0b40 = 2,880)
• 15 : f0 Media type (removable)
• 16-17: 09 00 FAT size (0x0009 = 9 sectors)
• 18-19: 12 00 Sectors/track (0x0012 = 18)
• 1a-1b: 02 00 Number of heads (0x0002 = 2)
• 1c-1f: 00 00 00 00 Number of sector before partition (0)
• 20-23: 00 00 00 00 Total number of sectors (0 because 2B value not
equal 0)
• 24 : 00 Drive number (0)
• 25 : 00 Unused
• 26 : 29 Extended boot signature
• 27-2a: cf cd b1 c4 Volume serial number (C4B1-CDCF)
• 2b-35: 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 20 20
• Volume label ("NO NAME ")
• 36-3d: 46 41 54 31 32 20 20 20
• File system type label ("FAT12 ")
• 3e-1fd : [snip] Not used
• 1fe-1ff: 55 aa Signature value (0xaa55)
Long file name Entry ext

FAT

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