what is bootable c.d????

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@knuwar bootable cd's are the cd's that contain your bootable files for your OS.. there are certain files that are req for booting your system.. for eg in dos there is MSDOS.sys,command.com and io.sys.. without these 3 bootable files u cant load the DOS.. like that there are files for windows too.. a bootable cd is also a installation cd.. like win98.. so to put it finally the cd's that have the bootable files for ur os

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bharathbala2003 said:
@knuwar bootable cd's are the cd's that contain your bootable files for your OS.. there are certain files that are req for booting your system.. for eg in dos there is MSDOS.sys,command.com and io.sys.. without these 3 bootable files u cant load the DOS.. like that there are files for windows too.. a bootable cd is also a installation cd.. like win98.. so to put it finally the cd's that have the bootable files for ur os

as for mods.. they are just mods leave it at that

In short if you want to start your computer in Dos instead of Windows you have to use a bootable CD or create a floppy.This floppy or CD contains the files required to smoothly start and run your computer in DOS.

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You don't need a bootable CD to start in DOS mode if you have Win98. Just press F8 while machine is starting. It will throw up a menu. Select Command Prompt.

Bootable CDs are the CDs which contain a bare minimum Operating System (like DOS) in the First Sector of the CD ROM.
The boot files should be present in First Sector only, because BIOS hands over the control to the program residing in the first 512 bytes in the First Sector.
By making a CD as Bootable, you can start your Computer without the help of Computer's OS. For this you have to change the "First boot Device" option to CDROM in the BIOS.

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swatkat said:
Bootable CDs are the CDs which contain a bare minimum Operating System (like DOS) in the First Sector of the CD ROM.
The boot files should be present in First Sector only, because BIOS hands over the control to the program residing in the first 512 bytes in the First Sector.
By making a CD as Bootable, you can start your Computer without the help of Computer's OS. For this you have to change the "First boot Device" option to CDROM in the BIOS.

hi ter,
well if its bootable floppy..and i hav to start my comp,ten ido i hav to change my first boot section to Flooppy or wat in the bios..
let me know.
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Yes, if you want to boot from Floppy, you have to change the "First Boot Device" in BIOS to "Floppy".

Of course, most newer motherboards ALSO support the F8 / Esc functions themselves so you can get a boot choice from which you can select to boot into the floppy, hard disk, CDROM, network or USB drive without having to change the BIOS settings at all. You gotta keep tapping the F8/Esc key as soon as the BIOS initializes to get to the Boot Selection screen.