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David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

What good-quality current-generation motherboards support booting from USB devices?<BR><BR>I'm thinking of not only USB hard drives, but also USB CD/DVD drives, USB zip drives, USB flash-memory drives ...