Creating a Boot Disk Suitable for Hard Disk Preparation
You don't need a separate boot disk to prepare a hard disk for use if you're adding a hard disk to a computer that's already running Windows; you just use the features built into Windows to prepare the drive for use. However, if you're building a brand-new system or installing a replacement hard disk into a system, you might need to prepare a boot disk you can use in the hard disk preparation process. Here's why: If you can't start the computer with an operating system, you can't prepare the hard disk to use an operating system. No operating system, no useful computer!
The method for preparing a boot disk suitable for hard disk preparation on a new system varies with the operating system. ...
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