Patent ID: 7275132
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computing machine comprising: a RAM and a mass memory; an operating system stored in the mass memory, the mass memory including a partition, said partition being read-only accessible to the operating system, and said partition containing a startup function and an automatic repair function, wherein for every startup of the computing machine, a BIOS initiates the startup function which resides at an address of the partition, the startup function which activates the operating system calls the automatic repair function, the automatic repair function calls an operating system mounting function which constructs an execution environment for the operating system based on operating system data structures saved in the mass memory and, if an error based on incoherent operating system data structures saved in the mass memory before the commencement of the operating system mounting function is detected during the operating system mounting function, the automatic repair function automatically calls the startup function upon return of a standard acknowledgement function.