Booting from a bootable storage media

You can start your computer and perform data backup, recovery, erasure, and other operations by booting from a bootable storage media.

To start your computer with Active@ LiveCD, you must first prepare a bootable medium by burning an ISO image file to a disc or writing it to a USB drive using Active@ Boot Disk Creator.

Note:

For instructions on setting boot sequence priority in the system BIOS, see the chapter About Boot Priority.

To boot from the configured device:

  1. Insert the bootable media into computer

    To boot from a USB device — insert the bootable Active@ LiveCD USB flash drive into an available USB port.

    To boot from a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc — insert the bootable Active@ LiveCD disc into the drive.

  2. Look at the boot priority

    Make sure that the bootable storage media has boot priority over the HDD in the BIOS settings, then power on the computer. Active@ LiveCD will begin loading.

  3. cancel the Active@ LiveCD boot process

    If you want to cancel the Active@ LiveCD boot process and load the operating system from the hard drive instead, move the cursor to Boot from Hard Disk and press Enter. Otherwise, the screen will change to display the Linux kernel loading process.

  4. Choose the boot options

    On the Welcome screen you can configure the following options:

    1. Active@ LiveCD — basic boot mode;
    2. Failsafe Video and Failsafe — apply a failsafe boot configuration for systems with hardware compatibility issues;
    3. Video Mode — change the display resolution and video settings;
    4. Kernel Boot Options — modify advanced kernel startup parameters.
  5. If no action is taken on this screen, Active@ LiveCD will continue booting automatically after a 10-second countdown.
  6. Wait for booting

    After the Welcome screen, the display will go dark briefly while the system continues loading. A progress indicator will be shown during this time. Please wait for the desktop to fully load.

The Active@ LiveCD desktop will appear, ready for use.

After starting the computer this way, you will have full exclusive access to the system drive. This level of access allows you to perform tasks and operations that are either less effective or not possible when the operating system has been started from the same hard drive you are attempting to work on.