I think it was primarily BIOS limitations, just like some old machines now don’t support USB boot.
Windows XP could also be installed using boot floppies, but I think was the last version to do so.
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I think it was primarily BIOS limitations, just like some old machines now don’t support USB boot.
Windows XP could also be installed using boot floppies, but I think was the last version to do so.