{"id":5012,"date":"2020-05-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2020-05-18T06:43:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T10:43:41","slug":"a-leave-no-trace-way-to-start-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/18\/a-leave-no-trace-way-to-start-pcs\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;leave-no-trace&#8217; way to start PCs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Without explaining the no-doubt interesting context for his question, reader M.R. asked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>&#8220;Will booting up from a USB drive leave any trace on the computer?&#8221;<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Yup. 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