2007-02-24 04:11:45 · 6 answers · asked by hari krishna 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
A bootable cd allows your computer to boot from the cd.
For example:
You have windows XP on your harddrive...if you go into your bios and change the boot sequence to cd-rom before your harddrive it will try to boot from your cd-rom if there is a disc in the drive.
If you put a OS boot disc in the cd-rom and changed the sequence in your BIOS the computer would try to boot from the cd-rom first.
Usually people do this if they wish to re-install / re-format their hard drive and load a new or the same operating system. Once you boot from the disc in your cd-rom drive you can follow the instructions on loading a new OS or repairing the one you have.
I recomed looking to online guides of how to reformat your hard drive with whatever operating system you are trying to load.
2007-02-24 04:32:36 · answer #1 · answered by puffpuffboom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No Maliha S, that's not what a bootable CD is. A Bootable CD is a CD which has a boot record descriptor and operating system files (boot file), thus the PC can boot from it unlike a typical boot in which the OS is loaded from the hard drive
2007-02-24 04:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by MuRcIElaGo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bootable cd are normal cd with a small section that can be used to start a computer. See the wikipedia article on booting.
2007-02-24 04:35:23 · answer #3 · answered by apoorlonesomegeek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bootable cd: Also known as a startup disk or boot disk a bootable disk is a floppy diskette or other media that contains special files that enables it to boot from the disk and not the hard disk drive. Commonly this diskette is used to trouble shoot the computer or allow the user to copy files when a computer is down.
boot (def) : Also known as boot up, booting is the process of powering on a computer causing it to load the Operating System or other platform. During the boot process the computer will perform a self diagnostics also known as a POST as well as load important data or programs to help in the operation of the computer.
2007-02-24 05:03:19 · answer #4 · answered by kanchis 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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what is bootable cd ?
2015-08-14 11:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by Jany 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A CD which is created in such a way that can boot the PC, when system starts
2007-02-24 06:07:51 · answer #6 · answered by Shemit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a CD which can be recorded again and again
2007-02-24 04:20:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋