how to make a disk bootable from normal disk? [Archive]

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serviceseuropean

02-23-2016, 09:30 AM

how to make a disk bootable from normal disk?

Fli

02-23-2016, 11:00 AM

By installing an operating system onto it? Installation CD/USB stick is usually bootable.
You can use software like unetbootin to install OS & make USB stick/HDD bootable.

Chris_Tax

02-25-2016, 08:54 PM

I want to create a mirror drive of my hard drive with a removable hard drive. Will this drive be boot able ?

Fli

02-26-2016, 08:06 AM

I want to create a mirror drive of my hard drive with a removable hard drive. Will this drive be boot able ?

If you just copy files using default system copy, no. You need tool that will mirror the drive including master boot record. For Windows, i think "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free" can be used. For linux, there is "dd" tool and tutorials on how to use it for this purpose.

serviceseuropean

03-01-2016, 07:43 AM

thanks a lot for giving me useful information