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		nine_k on Sept 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Latest Intel, AMD chips won't support Windows vers... How can one boot from an USB DVD then, sans an OS?

userbinator on Sept 3, 2016 [–]

I don't know what the newer systems do, but on older ones that had USB boot support, the BIOS has a basic USB driver that lets even DOS apps access CD/DVD/USB media via the traditional INT 13H interface.

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