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boot disk

Floppy disk or CD-ROM containing the necessary files to boot a computer without needing to access its hard disk. Boot disks may be used in recovering from virus attacks, when it is not known which files on a computer's hard disk may be infected; in recovering from a system crash which has corrupted existing files; or in correcting mistakes introduced into files necessary for starting up the computer by newly installed software programs.



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A number of utility programs provide emergency boot disks, which attempt to repair damage done to your hard disk.
Who says you can't go back? by Brown, Carolyn M. / Black Enterprise
First, some good news: Many manufacturers supply or prompt you to make an emergency boot disk that really works in emergencies, often in conjunction with a CD-ROM that comes with the computer.
BACKUP METHODS EASE PAIN OF WINDOWS DILEMMAS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
When faulty patches, user errors, environmentally-induced software corruption, or other events render computers unbootable, unstable, or locked out, Recovery Manager's emergency boot environment provides unmatched speed-to-recovery.
Winternals Debuts Recovery Manager 2.0 at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo; ... by Business Wire
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