Bootable Disc - Queries

I've googled my head into spaghetti! The thing is, most people who discuss bootable discs seem to have some understanding of them in the first place! I'm still suffering from a few 'blind' spots so, if anyone can shed light on a few questions i'd appreciate a guiding hand!
1) Am i right in assuming that a Bootable disc contains all the System and Application Files - plus any settings that I've made in those System/Application Files? ie a copy of my Computer excluding any data files.
2) To create a Bootable Disc I need to use a specific utility but, having created a Bootable Disc can I make a backup as if it were a normal data file (and restore it to a firewire drive if i needed to use it)?
3) Assuming I need to do a complete restore of my computer following some hypothetical disaster (and that my computer is functioning ok physically) are the following procedures correct...
a) Switch off computer
b) Connect firewire drive containing bootable disc.
c) Switch on computer selecting bootable drive.
d) Erase Internal Hard Drive.
e) Copy (drag and drop) files from Bootable Disc to Internal Hard Drive.
f) Restart Computer
g) Restore Data Files
It is step (e) that I am most dubious about
Cheers - Phill

Gumsie & Klaus1 - +firstly thanks for your replies. Your posts aren't offering me the option to flag as helpful - as soon as i figure this out i will do so - just apologising for not doing that yet.+
Does this make any sense as a Recovery Solution?
Partition Time Capsule so that I can hold a 'Bootable' on the same drive as my Time Machine backups.
For a full data recovery I startup from the Bootable partition in Time Capsule.
Restore my most recent Time Machine Backups.
*But - I still need to restore the System Files from the external Bootable partition to my Internal Hard Drive so that the computer will start from its own drive.*
Do I do this via the application that created the 'Bootable' in the first place?
Or is there a standard procedure to restore the System Files from a 'Bootable'.
Thanks for sticking with me on this

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