Patent ID: 7917715
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a computer connectable to the Internet, comprising: establishing a temporary connection between a primary random access memory and a secondary hard drive at a time when the computer is not connected to the Internet; Copying an operating system from a primary hard drive to the secondary hard drive via the primary random access memory temporarily connected to the secondary hard drive; copying internet-related application software contained on the primary hard drive to the secondary hard drive via the primary random access memory temporarily connected to the secondary hard drive; severing the temporary connection between the primary random access memory and the secondary hard drive; wherein the temporary connection is only maintainable when the computer is not connected to the Internet; downloading files of known integrity from the Internet to a secondary random access memory in said computer; transferring the downloaded files from the secondary random access memory to a permanent storage device; disconnecting the computer from the Internet; accessing the downloaded files from the permanent storage device via the primary random access memory; copying the downloaded files to the primary hard drive; when connecting the computer to the Internet, using the secondary hard drive and the secondary random access memory and not using the primary hard drive and the primary random access memory; when disconnecting the computer from the Internet, using the primary hard drive and the primary random access memory and not using the secondary hard drive and the secondary random access memory; upon corruption of the secondary hard drive, powering down the computer erasing the secondary random access memory; and removing the storage medium from the secondary hard drive of the computer and replacing the removed storage medium with a new storage medium.