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  2. Rufus (software) - Wikipedia

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    Rufus was originally designed [5] as a modern open source replacement for the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool for Windows, [6] which was primarily used to create DOS bootable USB flash drives. The first official release of Rufus, version 1.0.3 (earlier versions were internal/alpha only [ 7 ] ), was released on December 4, 2011, with originally ...

  3. Disk formatting - Wikipedia

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    A block, a contiguous number of bytes, is the minimum unit of storage that is read from and written to a disk by a disk driver.The earliest disk drives had fixed block sizes (e.g. the IBM 350 disk storage unit (of the late 1950s) block size was 100 six-bit characters) but starting with the 1301 [8] IBM marketed subsystems that featured variable block sizes: a particular track could have blocks ...

  4. exFAT - Wikipedia

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    Valid data length (VDL): through the use of two distinct lengths fields – one for "allocated space" and the other for "valid data" – exFAT can preallocate a file without leaking data that was previously on-disk. Cluster size up to 32 MB. [15] Metadata integrity with checksums. [clarification needed] Template-based metadata structures.

  5. ReadyBoost - Wikipedia

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    If the system drive (the primary drive, with Windows system files on it) is a solid-state drive (SSD), ReadyBoost is disabled, since reading from that drive would be at least as fast as reading from the ReadyBoost drive. [7] ReadyBoost caches all data as it is being written to the local hard disk: "the Ecache.sys device driver intercepts all ...

  6. List of commercial video games released as freeware

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    The game is still mentioned as freeware and many forums and sites have the now dead link to the game page. The legal situation now is unclear because the installer has no disclaimer. Area 51 (2005), a first person shooter by Midway Games. Its free release was sponsored by the US Air Force. It later changed hands and its freeware status was removed.

  7. List of file formats - Wikipedia

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    RAG, RAGS – Game file, a game playable in the RAGS game-engine, a free program which both allows people to create games, and play games, games created have the format "RAG game file" RaX – Archive file created by RaX

  8. USB flash drive - Wikipedia

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    A flash drive (also thumb drive, memory stick, and pen drive/pendrive) [1] [note 1] is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface. A typical USB drive is removable, rewritable, and smaller than an optical disc , and usually weighs less than 30 g (1 oz).

  9. List of free PC games - Wikipedia

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    Date free Free type Metacritic ; Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden: Tales of Game's Studios Tales of Game's Studios RPG: Microsoft Windows, macOS: January 22, 2008 Freeware [9] 93 [10] The Battle for Wesnoth: David White and others David White and others Turn-based strategy: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux: October 2005 October 2005 Freeware [11 ...