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bootable diskette Last modified: Tuesday, March 12, 2002

A diskette from which you can boot your computer. Normally, your computer boots from a hard disk, but if the hard disk is damaged (for example, by a virus), you can boot the computer from a bootable diskette. For this reason, it's a good idea to make sure you always have a bootable diskette on hand. In Windows 95, you can create a bootable diskette by following these steps: 1.Insert a blank, formatted diskette in the floppy drive 2. Select Start->Settings->Control Panel 3. Open Add/Remove Programs 4. Select the Startup Disk tab and press the Create Disk… button. A bootable diskette is also called a bootable floppy, boot disk, and startup disk.

Boot Disks Describes how and why you would want to create and use a bootable diskette. Also includes a discussion of what files you should include on the bootable diskette. This page is from the "PC Guide."