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What command line program can capture an entire operating system installation to a single file?
Format a: /s will format the disk in the first floppy drive and copy the system files to it, making it a bootable disk.
What is the name of a floppy disk containing enough of an operating system to boot?
Boot Disk or Boot Floppy
If you have linux installed on your system how can you still create a bootable floppy disk to use the utility?
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Will Windows XP allow you to install the same operating system twice on the same disk?
Yes , u can do it with Xp bootable disk. Boot it from bootable disk and select 2 partition for install
How would a bootable floppy disk be useful in troubleshooting?
After you make the floppy disc a boot drive (beforehand), you can use it to boot your system when you are unable to boot using your harddrive.
How the dos was originally stored?
DOS (Disk Operating System) was originally stored on floppy disks, which were magnetic storage media that allowed for data to be saved and retrieved. The operating system was typically distributed in a bootable format, enabling users to start their computers from the floppy disk. As technology advanced, DOS was also stored on hard drives, where it could be installed and run directly from the computer's internal storage.
How can you disable the floppy disk from the regestry?
The best way to disable a floppy disk drive is to disable the floppy interface from the system BIOS. This should remove all traces of the floppy disk drive to the operating system. It is also easier to reverse should the disk need to be enabled again later,
What is a bootable device?
A bootable device is, as the name suggests, any storage device that the computer can "boot" from. In this case the word "boot" refers to the loading of the operating system. So any device you can load an operating system from is a bootable device.In modern computers, the hard disk is generally the primary boot device. However most new computers can also boot from a CD-ROM or DVD drive (usually for the purpose of reinstalling an OS to the hard disk) so it is also a bootable device. Many systems also have the ability to boot from USB thumb drives or external hard disks and back in caveman days, floppy disk drives were also popular boot devices.
What is full meaning of ms-dos?
MS=Microsoft DOS = Disk Operating System. The Microsoft precursor to Windows It was loaded on to a PC via floppy disks
What generates a Non-System Disk or Disk Error?
While booting, a computer looks at a number of available disks (floppies, CDs, harddisks) to see if they contain a bootable operating system. Older PCs would always boot from the harddisk, unless a floppy was present, and if that floppy didn't contain an operating system (like DOS), it would give this error message so you could remove the floppy and the computer could go on booting from the harddisk.
How do you format a system disk?
Need bootable disc in order to format the system disk.
What do you do when a computer says no bootable device--insert boot disk and press any key?
That means that there is no hard drive installed, or that it does not have a working operating system on it. The BIOS is prompting you to insert a bootable CD to install an operating system or run a repair utility.
