Read Only Boot Mode
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 2/18/2016 1:00:00 AM
For people who only surf the web and read mail.
As a tech guy, people come to me all the time with all sorts of viruses and other problems that could've been avoided if they had a way for them to surf the web and read their mail without it saving anything to the hard drive when it's done. By booting in a read only mode, there's zero chance of getting a virus because nothing you do or download is actually saved to the local hard drive.
Technically, the computer would still need to save some things, but the Operating System can save those changes to a temporary folder that is deleted automatically when you shut down, so for all intents and purposes, the original files are completely protected from change or deletion, which guarantees that when you reboot, everything will be exactly as it was the last time you booted.
While this may sound impractical for some people, it's perfect for anyone who simply wants a way to surf the web and read email.
If people need to save something permanently, they can use a flash drive, which has no effect oh the operating system.
This is somewhat like the way an iPad or iPhone works where the Apps you run can't make changes to the iOS operating system. Every time you boot, the O/S is exactly the same.
Apple has a "Guest" mode in OS X which accomplishes some of this. Windows does not have this feature.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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