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Yes. In fact the hard drive is the most common boot disk.
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A virus infects the Master Boot Record of a hard disk drive?
Boot virus
Is it possible to boot form the hard disk drive?
Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.
How does a windows boot disk differ from booting off the hard drive?
A Windows Boot Disk operates in DOS command line mode.
Can you put songs on a thumb drive?
Yes, any data that can be stored on a hard drive can also be stored on a flash disk. A flash disk can even be configured with a boot sector and you can "boot" your computer from the flash disk.
Are boot sector viruses limited to hard drives Explain?
Yes. They hide in the boot sector program of a hard drive or floppy disk or in the master boot program in the Master Boot Record.
What does it mean when you try to format your hard drive but every time you try you get a 'Unable to Lock Harddrive' message?
It means that you are currently using a file or files on the hard drive you are trying to format. If you are trying to format your primary drive you will need to boot to a boot disk - not the C: drive. For most versions of windows you will will need to make the boot disk(s) (an option under My Computer) and boot to those disks rather than your hard drive.
A script virus hides in the boot sector program of a hard drive or floppy disk or in the master boot program in the Master Boot Record?
FALSE
What is the boot sequence order of devices?
The boot sequence order of devices is the order in which your computer will boot its devices. You can usually choose from the hard-drive, the disk-drive, and a few more options.
Are boot sector viruses limited to hard drives?
No. It hides in the boot sector program of a hard drive or floppy disk or in the master boot program in the Master Boot Record (MBR). Don Gus
What are the symptoms when hard disk is destroyed?
If your hard drive is destroyed, then the computer will not boot up at all since it can't read anything off the drive.
What are the steps in a booting process?
It depends on what you have set-up for the computer to boot-up. A normal setting is for it to boot from the hardrive or if you are on Linux the setting normally is; BOOT-UP LINUX *-Disk Drive *-USB Ports(sometimes, but not normally) *-Hard Drive *-Floppy Disk
What is boot sector?
The first sector of a floppy disk or logical drive in a partition; it contains information about the disk or logical drive. On a hard drive, if the boot sector is the active partition, then it is used to boot the OS (Operating System; i.g Windows Vista is an OS). Boot sector is also called the boot record.
