Patent ID: 6557169
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of changing a current operating system to a new operating system in a workstation using a data transmission network interconnecting a plurality of workstations, each workstation having a storage device with at least one server being a software distribution server for providing one of said plurality of workstations with updated application software, said method comprising the steps of:a) creating in the storage device of said workstation a maintenance partition containing a version of said current operating system and a backup partition including sufficient free storage space to store the new operating system; b) storing customization information into said backup partition; c) transferring a partition image of said new operating system from said software distribution server to said backup partition on said workstation; d) deleting said current operating system from the storage device of said workstation and delimiting a new partition for storing said new operating system; and e) loading said new operating system resulting from said partition image stored in said backup partition.