Bootable Diskette 
A bootable diskette is usually a floppy diskette that contains important system files to boot a computer in case of a hard disk error. In Windows a bootable diskette is called a "Startup Disk" and can be created in the control panel on Windows. Apart from hard disk or software errors a startup disk is also useful in case your personal computer becomes infected by a virus.
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