To create a persistent portable drive, you cannot simply use standard imaging tools like BalenaEtcher or Rufus (which typically create non-persistent drives). You need a specialized tool.
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Based on reverse engineering of publicly available scripts (e.g., from GitHub repositories like zorin-pro-activator , zorin-os-pro-unlocker ), the mechanism typically involves one or more of the following: To create a persistent portable drive, you cannot
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: Use a tool like balenaEtcher if you just want a standard bootable drive, but remember that standard flashing won't save your changes unless persistence is enabled.