tə mˈɪɾᵻɡˌeɪt ðˈɪs, sˌʌm lˈaɪv sˈɪstəmz ɑːɹ dɪzˈaɪnd tə stˈoːɹ tʃˈeɪndʒᵻz ɪn ˌɑːɹɹˌeɪˈɛm ʌntˈɪl ðə jˈuːzɚɹ ɪnˈɪʃɪˌeɪts ɐ sˈɪstəm pˈaʊɚdˌaʊn, wˌɪtʃ tɹˈɪɡɚz ðɪ ˈæktʃuːəl ɹˈaɪts tə ðə dɪvˈaɪs.
To mitigate this, some live systems are designed to store changes in RAM until the user initiates a system powerdown, which triggers the actual writes to the device.