Patent ID: 11868635
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A storage system, comprising:
a memory configured to be partitioned into a plurality of independently-bootable partitions, wherein each partition comprises its own dedicated control block comprising (a) instructions for restricting access to the partition only to an authenticated entity, (b) its own boot block configured to boot the partition even if another one of the plurality of partitions is not bootable due to a problem with a boot block in the another one of the plurality of partitions and (c) copies of boot blocks of other partitions of the plurality of partitions, wherein a number of copies of boot blocks equals a number of the other partitions in the plurality of partitions;
means for attempting to boot a partition using a boot block in a dedicated control block in the partition;
means for using a boot block in a dedicated control block of another one of the plurality of partitions to boot the partition in response to a failure to boot the partition; and
means for attempting to authenticate an entity to access the partition in response to successfully booting the partition;
wherein different partitions of the plurality of partitions comprise their own dedicated control blocks.