Patent ID: 7694165
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An automated method of restoring an operating system of a target computing device without user intervention, wherein the target computing device has access to a target computer-readable storage medium, said target computer-readable storage medium having a system partition associated therewith, said method comprising: receiving a request for recovery of an operating system version on the target computing device, said operating system version being stored on a backup computer storage medium; storing, responsive to the received request, recovery information associated with the received request on the backup computer storage medium, said recovery information comprising post-restore customization data; setting a value of a boot flag associated with the system partition to indicate that the system partition is inactive; rebooting the target computing device into a recovery environment; executing, by the target computing device within the recovery environment, a recovery script to restore the operating system version from the backup computer storage medium to the target computer-readable storage medium, said recovery script accessing the recovery information stored on the backup computer storage medium; applying the accessed recovery information to the restored operating system version on the target computer-readable storage medium, wherein said applying comprises updating the post-restore customization data on the restored operating system for continuity; resetting the value of the boot flag associated with the system partition to indicate that the system partition is active; and rebooting the target computing device into the restored operating system.