Boot disk, a utility for PC users

A PC user may onetime need to recover data when the computer has ‘crashed’ or when it is required to trouble shoot a piece of hardware or software. This is where a boot disk comes in handy. It is that digital data storage medium designed for use by a computer to load and run an operating system or any other utility program.

The PC however must have a pre-installed program which will load and execute a program from the boot disk that is compatible with the PC’s BIOS (set of instructions that tell the computer where to look for a hardware or software such as a mouse or an operating system)

The most prevalent boot disk used by the PC community is the bootable CD-Rom from which your PC can boot from. It is important for any PC user to distinguish the difference between a bootable CD- Rom and a CD –Rom which can be inserted in a CD-Rom drive for an operating system to execute when the “auto play” dialog window pops-up. The bootable CD –Rom on the other hand will load in a CD-Rom drive and a boot image is presented which then gives instructions.

With modern PC’s configurations have been made in the attempt to boot from various devices in a certain order. If the PC in question is not booting from the device desired by the user, tinkering of the order can be done by entering the BIOS setup function. This process involves pressing a special key when the PC is first powered on (such as F1, F2, F3 or F12) depending on the model of the PC and then a change of the order can be done. Most BIOS versions these days can prematurely stop the booting process by pressing a special key F11 which results in the view of a list of bootable devices from which a selection can be made. If your PC is a modern macintosh computer the booting process will take place from an appropriate disk if the user presses the C key when the computer is powered on.

The Ultimate Boot CD for both Windows users and other operating system users has been designed to cater for that PC user who may have a hard time finding various tools to run a diagnostic on his or her PC. It is a consolidation of diagnostic tools ranging from CD- ROMs that can run floppy-based diagnostic tools, to the latest booting method using a USB memory stick.

 The Ultimate Boot CD provides all the tools required for various diagnostics in a single CD version. So the next time you need to boot from a bootable disk to run a clean virus scan or repair a corrupted Windows operating system, set your BIOS boot order to allow CD –Rom booting and all consolidated tools in the Ultimate Boot CD will be just a click away.