Definitions
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- adj. That can be booted; from which one can boot the system.
- n. A disk or other medium from which the system can be booted.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A so-called bootable clone made on a USB drive is not actually bootable - as you know.
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If your internal drive fails while your only backup is the so-called bootable clone on your USB drive, and you have no other disk with which to start your computer and access the Finder
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Table 2 is applicable to an IBM PC-1, which is fitted with either a "bootable" harddisk or an IBM Expansion Chassis.
AST Research Technical Bulletin #0055 FAULT ISOLATION OF THE IBM PC-1
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Table 1 is applicable to an IBM PC-1, which is NOT fitted with either a "bootable" harddisk or an IBM Expansion Chassis.
AST Research Technical Bulletin #0055 FAULT ISOLATION OF THE IBM PC-1
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A better approach, though, which would allow you to do incremental backups (much quicker after the first one and which would also have the advantage of creating a "bootable" backup if your externals are, themselves, bootable), would be to use
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Remember to mark partition one on both drives as "bootable".
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As posted, they are "bootable," meaning you can start and run your Mac from them normally (if slower) if your internal HD fails.
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The backup has been made to be "bootable" acc. to SuperDuper - so I guess the answer to your question is yes.
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Step 2 - Insert a "bootable" USB drive into your Mac
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Some clones are also "bootable", meaning that with a clone of my computer on a USB disc, I can plug it into your computer, boot from the USB disc and run it looking and behaving like my computer.
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