Editing Boot disk (section)

== Uses ==
Boot disks are used for:

* [[Operating system]] installation
* [[Data recovery]]
* [[Data purging]]
* Hardware or software troubleshooting
* [[BIOS flashing]]
* Customizing an operating environment
* Software demonstration<ref>{{cite magazine
   |magazine=[[PC World]]
   |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/132086/article.html?page=11
   |title=How to Survive the Worst PC Disasters
   |quote=Download the demo and burn it to a bootable CD
   |date=May 23, 2007
   |page=11
   |access-date=August 23, 2020
   |archive-date=October 27, 2020
   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027175320/https://www.pcworld.com/article/132086/article.html?page=11
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   }}</ref>
* Running a temporary operating environment, such as when using a [[Live USB]] drive.<ref>{{cite news
      |newspaper=[[Computerworld]]
      |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2533304/can-i-recover-from-recovering-my-pc-.amp.html
      |title=Can I recover from recovering my PC?
      }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Administrative access in case of lost password is possible with an appropriate boot disk with some operating systems
* Games (e.g. for [[Amiga games|Amiga]] home computers, running [[MS-DOS]] video games on modern computers by using a bootable [[MS-DOS]] or [[FreeDOS]] USB flash drive).