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Recommendations for Booting Windows from USB Storage Devices

Overview The Universal Serial Bus (USB) Mass Storage Working Group is preparing a specification on booting USB devices to enable booting from USB within the industry. Boot from USB has become a highly requested feature. Both USB flash drive (UFD) and USB CD-ROM drives are in a position to pave the way of new booting features on USB. This paper provides information about booting the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems from USB storage devices. It provides guidelines for BIOS vendors, IHVs, and OEMs to work together to create USB boot enabled products.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	April 2003	Downloads	1388
Format	White Papers
Topics	Removable Storage, Systems Integration, Interfaces / Buses / I/Os

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