<s>
MBRWizard	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Master	B-Device
Boot	I-Device
Record	I-Device
(	O
MBR	O
)	O
management	O
application	B-Application
for	O
x86	B-Operating_System
and	O
x86-64	B-Device
based	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
disk	B-Application
imaging	I-Application
applications	O
for	O
backup	O
and	O
operating	O
system	O
deployment	O
began	O
to	O
increase	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
many	O
users	O
beginning	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
dual-booting	B-Operating_System
Linux	B-Application
on	O
existing	O
Windows	O
machines	O
,	O
key	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
MBR	O
were	O
often	O
changed	O
or	O
corrupted	O
,	O
rendering	O
the	O
machine	O
unbootable	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBRWizard	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
reverse	O
or	O
repair	O
these	O
unwanted	O
,	O
destructive	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
MBR	O
,	O
effectively	O
enabling	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
once	O
again	O
boot	B-Operating_System
properly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
in	O
1999	O
for	O
internal	O
use	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
continually	O
updated	O
and	O
eventually	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
March	O
2003	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
functionality	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
sort	O
partition	B-Application
table	O
entries	O
caused	O
by	O
effects	O
of	O
disk	B-Application
imaging	I-Application
,	O
but	O
quickly	O
evolved	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
backup	O
and	O
recovery	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
MBR	O
,	O
repair	O
of	O
a	O
corrupt	O
Windows	O
MBR	O
record	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
direct	O
modification	O
of	O
the	O
disk	O
signature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
functionality	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
allow	O
partitions	B-Application
to	O
be	O
activated	O
,	O
hidden	O
,	O
and	O
deleted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
as	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
application	B-Application
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
,	O
MBRWizard	B-Language
is	O
noted	O
as	O
being	O
very	O
flexible	O
as	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
implemented	O
natively	O
on	O
most	O
PC	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
freeware	B-License
MBRWizard	B-Language
CLI	B-Application
version	O
,	O
MBRWizard	B-Language
Suite	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
product	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
new	O
graphical	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
WinPE	O
boot	B-Operating_System
environments	O
for	O
offline	O
repair	O
and	O
recovery	O
.	O
</s>
