Patent ID: 8219850
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture stored on a computer-readable storage medium which recovers from corruption of a primary operating system in a system in which a primary operating system and user data are stored in a first storage area, the article of manufacture performing the steps of: (a) creating and storing, in a second storage area, a sector-by-sector copy of the first storage area including user data after the primary operating system has been installed; (b) using the primary operating system to install a second operating system in a protected storage area outside of the first storage area, the protected storage area being hidden from users; and (c) in the event of corruption of the primary operating system, restoring the first storage area including user data under the control of the second operating system using the sector-by-sector copy stored in the second storage area, wherein the step of restoring the first storage area using the sector-by-sector copy under the control of the second operating system performs the step of using less than all of the portions from the sector-by-sector Copy.