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  2. Ventoy - Wikipedia

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    Ventoy is a free and open-source utility used for creating bootable USB media storage devices with files such as .iso, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), and .efi.Once Ventoy is installed onto a USB drive, there is no need to reformat the disk to update it with new installation files; it is enough to copy the .iso, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), or .efi file(s) to the USB drive and boot from them directly.

  3. List of tools to create bootable USB - Wikipedia

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    Multiboot" means that the tool allows multiple systems on the USB stick, as well as a bootloader on the USB flash drive to choose which system to load at boot time. Multiboot is environmental technology since it requires only a single storage device to boot multiple files.

  4. List of copy protection schemes - Wikipedia

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    A file with activation key that needs to be installed in same directory as software; similarly, a disc media (often installation disc) may be required as key disk for activation. [1] Code Morphing Hiding intermediate code by means of code obfuscation so that execution logic is not visible. This method does not protect against runtime tracing. [2]

  5. Hardware-based full disk encryption - Wikipedia

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    The encryptors electronics including the key store and integral hard drive (if it is solid-state) can be protected by other tamper respondent measures. The key can be purged, allowing a user to prevent his authentication parameters being used without destroying the encrypted data. Later the same key can be re-loaded into the Enclosed hard disk ...

  6. Floppy disk hardware emulator - Wikipedia

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    A typical floppy disk controller sends an MFM / FM / GCR encoded signal to the drive to write data, and expects a similar signal returned when reading the drive. [6] On a write, a hardware PLL or a software-based filter component undoes the encoding, and stores the sector data as logically written by the host. An inverse mechanism translates ...

  7. Drive letter assignment - Wikipedia

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    A: — Floppy disk drives, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ″ or 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 ″, and possibly other types of disk drives, if present. B: — Reserved for a second floppy drive (that was present on many PCs). C: — First hard disk drive partition. D: to Z: — Other disk partitions get labeled here. Windows assigns the next free drive letter to the next drive it ...

  8. Live CD - Wikipedia

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    A live CD (also live DVD, live disc, or live operating system) is a complete bootable computer installation including operating system which runs directly from a CD-ROM or similar storage device into a computer's memory, rather than loading from a hard disk drive. A live CD allows users to run an operating system for any purpose without ...

  9. Windows Setup - Wikipedia

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    The user inserts a disc or USB flash drive which contains the PE environment and installation files, then boots off of it. The user selects language, region and keyboard preferences. The user enters a Windows product key to activate it, though this step can be skipped in most cases. The user accepts a license agreement.