Patent ID: 9052977
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a processing system, an indication from a user to install a new operating system onto a storage device of a computer having an existing previously installed operating system, the storage device having a first partition and a second partition; loading, by the processing system, installation software for the new operating system onto the second partition including a set of files to boot the new operating system; booting, by the processing system, the computer into the installation software on the second partition; installing, by the processing system, the set of files to boot the new operating system onto the first partition via the installation software on the second partition; re-booting, by the processing system, the computer into the new operating system on the first partition; and wherein installing the new operating system includes extracting operating system files to a first area on the first partition, verifying functionality of the operating system based at least in part on the extracted files in the first area, and moving the extracted files to a second area on the first partition.