Patent ID: 6430663
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for selecting a boot partition from a single drive of a computer, comprising:receiving a boot request; accessing a signature sector of the single drive to ascertain a first serial number for a first boot partition and a second serial number for a second boot partition; scanning the single drive to identify the first boot partition using the first serial number and identify the second boot partition using the second serial number; generating a selection window requesting user selection of either the first boot partition or the second boot partition; modifying a boot flag of the single drive in response to the user selection, the modifying of the boot flag being configured to identify one of the first boot partition and the second boot partition as a partition containing an operating system for booting the computer; hiding a non-selected partition, the non-selected partition being one of the first boot partition and the second boot partition; and modifying a drive control block (DCB) of the non-selected partition to prevent display of a drive letter for the non-selected partition.