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bootable floppy |
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bootable floppyA floppy disk that contains its own operating system. It was typically used to recover a failed system or to install a new operating system in the days when floppy drives were common. See bootable disk. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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EnCase makes a bootable floppy disk for use on another machine, using different system boot files that point back to the floppy disk so that small changes made to the hard drive of the machine being booted aren't made there. The PCCardAccess toolkit creates a bootable floppy which supports Card and Socket Services. Since PC ParaChutes' crash protection backups are performed from a bootable floppy that is generated on the fly, users and IS management don't have to worry about open or locked files and, all registry entries are fully backed up. |
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