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Since the release of [[Windows]] 10, '''[[Microsoft]]''' has sold USB drives with an installer preloaded.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Anton |last=Shilov |title=Microsoft begins to sell Windows 10 on USB flash drives |url=https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/anton-shilov/microsoft-begins-to-sell-windows-10-on-usb-flash-drives/ |website=KitGuru |date=5 Sep 2015 |access-date=15 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906120608/http://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/anton-shilov/microsoft-begins-to-sell-windows-10-on-usb-flash-drives/ |archive-date=6 Sep 2015}}</ref> They are deeply write-protected, and have no official way to be formatted and reused for anything other than the manufacturing year's Windows installer, which inevitably become outdated. | Since the release of [[Windows]] 10, '''[[Microsoft]]''' has sold USB drives with an installer preloaded.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Anton |last=Shilov |title=Microsoft begins to sell Windows 10 on USB flash drives |url=https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/anton-shilov/microsoft-begins-to-sell-windows-10-on-usb-flash-drives/ |website=KitGuru |date=5 Sep 2015 |access-date=15 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906120608/http://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/anton-shilov/microsoft-begins-to-sell-windows-10-on-usb-flash-drives/ |archive-date=6 Sep 2015}}</ref> They are deeply write-protected, and have no official way to be formatted and reused for anything other than the manufacturing year's Windows installer, which inevitably become outdated. | ||