Can I create a bootable disk

Is it possible to create a bootable DVD to use when I need to work on the hard disk?

The simplest thing would be to clone your boot drive to a backup (which you should be doing anyhow).  Popular backup utilities are Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper.
Alternatively make copy of your installer dvd.  You can do that with Disk Utility.  Here's a small articale on how to do that.
Make a Bootable Backup Snow Leopard Install Disc

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  • How can I create a bootable DISK IMAGE of my PB Internal Drive?

    I would like to make a bootable image of my Hard Drive but without including any Free Space.
    You see all I need on the image are the OSX and the programs, NOT the 60GB of Free Space. Disk Utility however wants to create a 80gb image which includes 60GB of Free Space.
    I would like to use the Bootable image as a source image to use with the RESTORE function in Disk Utility.
    Regards

    You'll need a second machine or an external HDD with Mac OS X installed on it.
    For purposes of this procedure I'll be calling your machine the 'source' and the second machine or your external HDD the 'target'.
    First either boot the source into target mode by holding down the 'T' key while it boots. Once you see the FireWire icon on the screen, let go of the 'T' key and plug the source into the target. If you're going with the external HDD route, boot your source of off your external HDD.
    Now, select the drive of your source machine, and hit Apple-I to bring up the information pane. Down at the bottom (in the permissions area) you'll see a check box labeled "Ignore ownership..." Uncheck that.
    Open up Disk Utility. Select the source drive and run First Aid and Repair Permissions on it.
    Now, select the File menu -> New -> New Disk Image from Folder. You're going to want to hit that big "New Image" button, but don't. Trust me. It'll only cause trouble for you down the road.
    Select the source drive as the source. You can leave everything else the same and click "Image".
    Select the target as the destination. Click Save.
    Wait for a couple of hours (depending on how much stuff you have).
    When it's done, select the Images menu -> Scan image for Restore.
    Select the disk image you just made and click "Scan".
    When that's done you have a restorable image. Just use the restore tab to restore it.
    I've done this literally hundreds of times and it's worked every single time.

  • Question about creating a bootable disk image in Leopard.

    I have a Powerbook G4 that originally came with OS9, I upgraded to Tiger and recently upgraded to Leopard. The computer is running great but if it should go down what are my bootable options?
    1) Boot from the install disk set then load tiger upgrade then load Leopard upgrade? then reload all my programs back on the G4?
    2) Can I create a bootable disk image and save it on an external hard drive and then boot and reload everything at once? ( I guess by asking this question I really don't understand what the full scope of a bootable disk image is?) can someone explain...
    Which option is better? I am also running __time machine__... what is the safest and easiest way to use time machine to get my software back together after I get the operating system up and running.
    Thanks for the advice

    Your best alternative is to create a bootable clone on an external Firewire drive.
    How to Clone Using Restore Option of Disk Utility
    1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
    2. Select the backup or destination volume from the left side list.
    3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
    4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
    5. Select the backup or destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
    6. Select the startup or source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
    7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    Of course you can use other software for cloning and backup:
    Backup Software Recommendations
    My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
    1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
    2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
    3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
    4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
    5. PsynchX 2.1.1 and RsyncX 2.1 (Freeware)
    6. Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware - 3.0 is a Universal Binary)
    7. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
    8. Intego Personal Backup (Commercial)
    9. Data Backup (Commercial)
    For use with Leopard always be sure you use a version of the software that is compatible with Leopard.

  • How can I make a bootable disk for Mountain Lion?

    How can I make a bootable disk for Mountain Lion?

    Make Your Own Mountain/Lion Installer
    1. After downloading Mountain/Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Mountain/Lion application. After Mountain/Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Mountain/Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing.
    2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
    Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
    After DU loads select your flash drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
    Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to an hour depending upon the flash drive size.
    3. Locate the saved Mountain/Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
    4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the content of the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
    Double-click on the InstallESD.dmg file to mount it on your Desktop.
    Open Disk Utility.
    Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
    Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
    Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
    Drag the mounted disc icon from the Desktop into the Source entry field.
    Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable installer that you can use without having to re-download Mountain/Lion.
    Note: The term Mountain/Lion used above means Lion or Mountain Lion.

  • Creating a Mavericks USB boot drive after the horse has bolted.  Can I create a bootable USB drive from my iMac after installing Mavericks without saving the Install OS X Mavericks.app file?  Do I need to re- download the whole 5.29 Gb again?

    Creating a Mavericks USB boot drive after the horse has bolted.  Can I create a bootable USB drive from my iMac after installing Mavericks without saving the Install OS X Mavericks.app file?  Do I need to re- download the whole 5.29 Gb from the App Store again?  My problem is my 4Gb/month allowance on a 12 month contract.  I cannot purchase a data block from my ISP and although my speed is theoretically slowed to 64k after reaching my 4Gb, it actually ceases to download in reality.

    HI tasclix, it depends what you mean by an OS X boot drive.
    If you want a recovery disk from which you can reinstall (by re-downloading) or recover from a time machine backup, then nbar is correct.
    If, however, you want to boot and run the OS X installer from the USB drive (so that you don't need to download again), then you will need a copy of "Install OS X  Mavericks.app"; see this article:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5856
    Before downloading again, search your system to see if the installer is still there - it's usually in the /Applications folder unless it has been deleted, but check your whole system for it anyway, you never know, you might still have it somewhere.
    Message was edited by: SilverSkyRat

  • How can i create a bootable usb sata for xp

    how can i create a bootable usb sata for xp

    Installing Windows XP on a portable USB hard drive is not supported.
    Carey Frisch

  • Create a bootable disk in mavericks

    I want to create a bootable disk in Mavericks. I plan to do this on a LaCie Thunderbolt SSD drive.
    Is this possible?

    If you want to boot on a disk, you gat to have an OS on it.
    First, with the disk manager you resize your disk and then use bootcamp to build it as a bootable device.
    The nature of the disk you're using doesn't mater.
    regards

  • Can I create a bootable DVD for my Macbook running 10.5.8?

    I'm trying to install a larger hdd in my 2007 MacBook 13" 2.16 Core Duo. I used SuperDuper to create a disk image on an external USB drive but when I reboot with the alt/option key depressed, it only finds my internal disk. I'm guessing I can't boot this old laptop from a USB disk, so now I'm wondering if I can create a bootable DVD or CD for it. Or do I need to upgrade my OS?

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    Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
    Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
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    Total Number Of Cores: 2
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    Memory: 6 GB
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  • Qosmio - How can I create a bootable OS DVD?

    Hi ,
    Please Help me
    I have a Toshiba Qosmio laptop with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate .
    The DVD of the operating System was attached with the laptop but now i lost it.
    But i have the files that was in the original DVD
    But i don't know how to make it a bootable DVD to reinstall the OS
    THIS IS THE FILES
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    PLZ HELP

    Hello
    The Toshiba recovery disk creator it’s preinstalled on your notebook and you can find it in the start menu in the Toshiba folder.
    But this program is only available if you have the factory settings preinstalled. If you have reinstalled your notebook by using a original Microsoft disk it’s not more installed.
    Normally you get the following message if you don’t have created the recovery disks:
    +Important INFORMATION+
    +your system is equipped with hard disk recovery system. if you need to repair+
    +your computer by restoring it to original factory state, you can do it directly+
    +from harddisk (press F8 when you boot your computer, choose "Repair your computer"+
    +and follow the menue instructions) or create a bootable Recovery Disc Medium for this purpose.+
    +Toshiba recommends you to create Recovery Disc Medium using the "Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator" to ensure+
    +hat you are able to restore your computer to the original factory installed state, even if your computer+
    +gets seriously damaged+
    In worst case you must order a new recovery disk from Toshiba directly or from an authorized service provider.
    Greets

  • Can I Create The Recovery Disk(s) From The Recovery Partition? Can I Copy The Partition?

    I searched the forums to find an answer to this question, but was unable to find one. It seems to me that it might be useful info for others trying to create Recovery CD/DVDs from a failed hard drive that still has an accessible Recovery Partition so hopefully we can figure out a solution. :-)
    I have a Pavilion dv9408ca (Vista Home) with a hard drive that won't boot. I removed the hard drive and was able to read it on another system. I was also able to to create a Virtual Machine and run it so I recovered all the important data. I installed it in an external drive case and tried to boot from it but I wasn't able to access the Recovery Partition (F11 option didn't show and didn't work), and Windows wouldn't load.
    It's possible that the controller is the problem so I don't want to buy another hard drive yet. I would like to format the original hard drive and create a 'factory' system but I don't have Recovery CD/DVDs. I cannot create the Recovery CD/DVDs using the Virutal Machine (I presume it's because it's not running on an HP).
    The dv9408ca can boot form the DVD drive (ran UBCD, etc. and they booted fine).
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    Or... Can I create a set of Recovery CDs from another Pavilion Notebook (different model but same Vista OS) and use those to format/recover the dv9408ca system?
    Thank you for your help with this problem.

    peter_hp wrote:
    Or... Can I create a set of Recovery CDs from another Pavilion Notebook (different model but same Vista OS) and use those to format/recover the dv9408ca system?
    This is only option which might work for you provided the product number of other laptop matches with your existing system Else you can order a set of recovery disk for your Notebook(dv9408ca) from here for a nominal charge. 
    //Click on Kudos and Accept as Solution if my reply was helpful and answered your question//
    I am an HP employee!!

  • Software to create a bootable disk image????

    Hi,
    I need to create a bootable image. I have a ISO file, and need to create a bootable image to install software onto one of my servers. Is there software out there for a Mac that will allow me to create a bootable image?
    Thanks for any input,
    Nigel

    Disk Utility doesn't make for bootable images. However, the command-line utility 'hdiutil' does (use it via Terminal.app. I've made bootable Linux DVD images before that way, but never a bootable Mac image.
    I'm guessing that a bootable Mac image would involve making a disk image file, copying the necessary system files, blessing the image (in Terminal.app, type 'man bless' for more info), and then converting it to a regular ISO image.
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  • Can I create my recovery disk on 1 of my hd's,

    Hello,,I just bought a HP ENVY Phoenix 810qe 245 Desktop Pc with win 8.1 it has 3 hard drives and I want to know if it possible to create my recovery disk on 1 of my hd's,,would there be any problems If I did it this way, if something happens to my main ssd drive I would be able to use harddisk f drive to restore back easy,since there would be other files on the hd f disk would the system find the files needed?,I guess I would just need to change the boot order in bios and then it should find what it needs right??And I love win 8.1 now,took few hours to learn but I think it blows away win 7 and xp by far..makes my ol xp system look dusty...
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    Hi,
    One of the restrictions with the Recovery Media Creator application is that it will only allow the Recovery files to be written to removable media - USB Flash Drive or DVDs.  It does not support ( and will not recognise ) fixed drives whether internal or external.
    An HP document regarding the creation of Recovery Media can be found on the following link.
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03481733&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en#N712
    Note:
    If you decide to create our Recovery Media on a USB Flash Drive, it must be of a type that Windows 8.1 sees as a 'Removable Disk' - not all do and there's no completely reliable method for telling which will work until they're plugged in.  For example, in the image below, the usb flash drive Dave (G) shows as a 'fixed drive' and will not work, whereas the usb flash drive 'Removable Disk (H)' will work.
    Thanks to @erico  the following USB Flash Drives are known to work:
    Transcend USB 3.0 16Gb  - this may not be large enough in your case.
    Team Group F108 64G
    PNY Turbo 3.0 - 32GB 
    Lexar Jumpdrive M10 Secure 64GB  USB 3.0 
    Patriot Rage 3.0  32GB
    Best regards,
    DP-K
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