What command do you use to make a system disk bootable?

How can I create a bootable USB drive using the CD F command?

To create a bootable USB drive using the "CD F" command, you can use a tool like Rufus or Win32 Disk Imager. These tools allow you to select the ISO file of the operating system you want to install on the USB drive and then write it to the drive using the "CD F" command. This process will make the USB drive bootable and ready for installation.

How do you make a bootable disk of Windows Xp and 2000 if you only want to format the hard disk through the bootable disk how would you do that?

Create a dos boot disk. Make sure that it contains FORMAT and FDISK. If you have access to Windows 98 then you can create a boot disk.

What is command disk operating system?

Mkdir and md command give then make a directory or drive

If you have Linux installed on your system how can you still create a bootable floppy disk to use the drive fitness test from hitachi?

This depends on how Hitachi instructs you to make the disk:1. If they give you a disk image to download and tell you to use a program like WinImage to put it onto a floppy disk, do the following:A. Insert the floppy disk into the drive.B. Open up a terminalC. Enter the command "su"D. Enter the command "dd if= of=/dev/fd0"You now have the floppy disk you can boot from.2. If they give you a program to put onto an MS-DOS boot floppy, do the following:A. Insert the floppy disk into the driveB. Download a FreeDOS boot floppy image from the link in the Related Links section belowC. Open up a terminalD. Enter the command "su"E. Enter the command "dd if=FREEDOS.IMG of=/dev/fd0"F. Enter the command "mkdir bootfloppy"G. Enter the command "mount /dev/fd0 bootfloppy"H. Enter the command "cp bootfloppy"I. Enter the command "umount bootfloppy"You now have a bootable floppy disk with the program on it.

Method for creating MS-DOS start-up disk?

Format any disk with "format /s" option will make it bootable..

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.

What is the s switch in formats?

When using the format command in DOS, the /s command-line argument "format c: /s" tells the system to copy over the system files necessary to make the drive DOS bootable. It is the same as using the "sys" command after finishing the format.

What three files must be on the startup disk to make the disk bootable?

You must have IO.sys, Msdos.sys and command.com

How do you make a bootable disk for Windows XP?

You can such programs as PowerIso, UltraIso and if you want to create Os bootable CD you can use nLite for (2000, XP) and vLite for (Vista) OSes.

How do you make a disk bootable?

My Computer, right click on floppy drive-> Format... In the next windows choose Create a MS-DOS startup disk

How do you make a bootable software CD?

You can use UltraIso to make bootable CDs.

How do you add enable boot from USB drive into the bios boot order?

In order for a computer to boot from a USB drive, the BIOS must support it. If it does not, you will need to find an upgrade for your BIOS. In most cases, the support for USB booting will never be available for systems that didn't support it to begin with.bootable USB guide, here we assume that you are using either Vista or Windows 7 to create a bootable USB.1. Insert your USB (4GB+ preferable) stick to the system and backup all the data from the USB as we are going to format the USB to make it as bootable.2. Open elevated Command Prompt. To do this, type in CMD in Start menu search field and hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter. Alternatively, navigate to Start > All programs >Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and select run as administrator.3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command:DISKPART and hit enter.LIST DISK and hit enter.Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of your USB drive. In the below image my USB drive disk no is Disk 1.4. In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily guess what these commands do.SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number)CLEANCREATE PARTITION PRIMARYSELECT PARTITION 1ACTIVEFORMAT FS=NTFS(Format process may take few seconds)ASSIGNEXITDon't close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it.5. Insert your Windows DVD in the optical drive and note down the drive letter of the optical drive and USB media. Here I use "D" as my optical (DVD) drive letter and "H" as my USB drive letter.6. Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands:D:CD BOOT and hit enter. Where "D" is your DVD drive letter.CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:(Where "H" is your USB drive letter)7. Copy Windows DVD contents to USB.You are done with your bootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB as bootable DVD on any computer that comes with USB boot feature (most of the current motherboards support this feature).Note that this bootable USB guide will not work if you are trying to make a bootable USB on XP computer.