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There's a lot of traffic/posts on forums about Win10 and earlier versions on computers more 3-4 years old not being able to properly install/run Win11 properly due to System Requirements of the CPU and TPM meeting the requirements, forcing getting a new computer when EOL/EOS of Win10 ends on Oct. 14, 2025.
That is hard line requirement on scope that effects computers where USB C does not Apply natively and its different context all together whole different scope. You can also buy pcie cards for support on those computers.
What i was alluding to was that USB C is older the original standard out of the two but USB 4 is backwards compatible to USB C.
Overall USB C is a "loose" standard it does not define many things and its a bit "Lazy" where as USB 4 is about standardizing the USB C connector with more defined standards and capabilities.
We see now edge case that USB C is more of a term used generically. Really its USB 4 capability in most cases, but they label the port as USB C because of the connector. That image of the case is a good example.
Overall i think the should stop calling it usb c because usb 4 sounds better but they wont because it uses the connector so its going to get blindly called usb c in many scenarios.
USB standard overall has been messy since the mp3 player with all these adhoc usb connectors.
I wouldn't count on it. I can't boot from an external DVD from either my Acer or ASUS laptops. Doing that is not really done anymore anyways. It makes more sense to boot from a USB flash drive. A USB flash drive is also much faster than a DVD. Most programs including Macrium Reflect can create rescue media on a USB flash drive.
I needed to reinstall Windows 7 on my old laptop. I used the external DVD drive on my new laptop to burn the Windows 7 Pro DVD media from an ISO file.