I'm working on a programme to modify the MBR. The thing is i can open it with.
a = open(r"\\.\PhysicalDisk0", "r+b")
a.write("data")
The code dosent shows any errors and when I read the MBR again it doesn't show the data I wrote. Any solutions?
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1isn't that a tad dangerous? – Jean-François Fabre Aug 20 '17 at 19:37
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1@roganjosh it will write: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21113919/difference-between-r-and-w-in-fopen. `r+b` is not r and b. It's `r+` and binary: "r+" Open a text file for update (that is, for both reading and writing). – Jean-François Fabre Aug 20 '17 at 19:42
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@Jean I stand corrected – roganjosh Aug 20 '17 at 19:44
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are you sure the code runs without exceptions? are you running this as an administrator? doesn't antivirus software protect from those? oh you're not using windows by linux right? – Jean-François Fabre Aug 20 '17 at 19:44
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2@roganjosh I don't blame you. I spent 2 hours the other day trying to open a file in read/write using `"rw"` :) – Jean-François Fabre Aug 20 '17 at 19:45