can't find the boot record in ram

From: Anon (spamtrap_at_crayne.org)
Date: 10/21/04

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    I used a program called Hexit to check bytes 7C00 and 0600 but
    couldn't find anything resembling a boot record. I tried this after
    booting from a floppy. And after booting to dos (with command prompt
    only) on a win95 box.

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