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2 unusual facts about Live USB


ISO image

This file format can be used to create Live USB environments through a low-level copy (for example with the Unix dd command) to a USB key.

Live USB

Intel-based Macintosh computers have limitations when booting from USB devices – while the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) firmware can recognize and boot from USB drives, it can only do this in EFI mode.


Boot disk

Windows 8 has a feature called Windows To Go, the Live USB system requiring the extraction of files into the USB drive and the installation of a bootloader.


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