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Document system favorite VHD startup limitation

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Clarify that Windows startup-managed VHD/VHDX files, including Dev Drive backing images, cannot live on system favorite volumes because they are accessed before those volumes are mounted.

Document that native-boot VHD/VHDX files also cannot live on system favorite volumes and remain subject to the existing VeraCrypt pre-boot authentication limitation for operating systems installed within VHD/VHDX files.

Mention a delayed/retrying attach workaround for non-boot-critical VHD/VHDX files after VeraCryptSystemFavorites mounts the host volume.

Closes #1605.
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Mounir IDRASSI
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For more information, see the chapter <a href="System%20Favorite%20Volumes.html" target="_blank" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
System Favorite Volumes</a>.</div>
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Note: System favorite volumes are not available during the earlier Windows boot and storage initialization phases. Therefore, Windows-managed startup dependencies such as automatically attached VHD/VHDX files, Dev Drive backing VHDX files, and native-boot VHD/VHDX files must not be stored on system favorite volumes. For VHD/VHDX files that are not required during boot or early startup, use a delayed/retrying task or a service that depends on <em>VeraCryptSystemFavorites</em> to attach them after the system favorite volume has been mounted. This workaround is not suitable for native-boot VHD/VHDX files or any other file that Windows must access before services can run.</div>
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<strong style="text-align:left">Can a volume be automatically mounted whenever I log on to Windows?</strong></div>
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