Bootable Rescue Disk peformance: USB vs CD/DVD

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  1. opcode

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    Will rescue discs such as Kaspersky, Bitdefender, DrWeb perform relatively the same regardless of what media they are on? Are the scan times noticeabley different?

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  2. Mrkvonic

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    No they are not. The initial loading will be longer. But once in memory, the program will execute normally fast. Of course, it if needs to load additional data from its media or write logs, then there could be an additional delay, but in general, beyond the initial loading, there won't be a difference. True for pretty much any live utility/tool.
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    That's good to know. Thanks for your helpful response.
     
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    Usb has the big advantage of being easily updateable (if live update is supported),rather than having to keep downloading updated ISOs.
    Even if boot/scan times are marginally longer,you have to factor in the time spent creating up to date scanners.
     
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