Disk containing an application with programs that copy, delete, rename and in other ways manipulate files and disks.
disk (or CD-ROM) used to start the computer. It is often used when an operating system is corrupted or a hard drive crashes thus preventing the computer from being started up. (Also called startup disk.) Show entire glossary || Download glossary
The disk that stores the operating system and that starts the system and allows it to run properly.
A bootable disk, which is one that can be used to start up a computer.
A disk that contains the system files necessary to start your system. The disk from which your system is loaded when you start your computer is called a boot disk.
The disk that contains or will contain the OpenVMS operating system. An OpenVMS system disk is set up so that most of the OpenVMS files can be shared by several VAX computers. In addition, each computer has its own directory on the system disk that contains its page, swap, and dump files.
a diskette with Windows system files and necessary setup files
a disk that carries all the core programs needed
a floppy or hard disk containing the file COMMAND
a startable (bootable) disk containing the files COMMAND
The physical disk that contains the standard IRIX operating system software - the software that makes your workstation run.
Normally PCs boot from the hard drive (C:). A system disk is a diskette, specially formated so that when this disk is placed in the A: drive of your PC it boots from the A: drive, allowing access to the PC without processing the C: drive first. Go to System Disk to learn more.
A synonym for bootable disk.
This is a disk that contains all the programs you need to get your PC working, with enough system files to make it boot up and allow you access to the disk drives
A disk that contains the MS-DOS system files necessary to start MS-DOS. See also: MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)