Patent ID: 7647491
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computing system, comprising: a first computer data storage element that stores a first operating system; a second computer data storage element that stores a second operating system; a third computer data storage element that stores a basic input/output system (BIOS); and a central processing unit (CPU) in operative communication with the first, second and third computer data storage elements, wherein, upon resuming the computing system from a suspended state, the CPU, executing the first operating system under control of the BIOS, selectively starts either the first or the second operating system based on a hardware configuration of the computing system, wherein the CPU powers the first computer data storage element and starts the first operating system when the hardware configuration indicates that the computing system is in operative communication with a computer docking station, and the CPU starts the second operating system by executing a program image of the second operating system stored in the third computer data storage element, without powering the first computer data storage element, when the hardware configuration indicates that the computing system is not in operative communication with the computer docking station.