Patent ID: 6317845
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computer system comprising a processor, a high capacity removable media drive, non-removable storage media and an operating system that includes an operating environment which provides a user with a graphical user interface, said operating system and said graphical user interface being loaded from said non-removable storage media under normal operating conditions, a method for correcting an abnormal operating condition of said computer system using recovery software stored on removable high capacity media, said removable high capacity media comprising a subset of a total number of components of said operating system, said method comprising:inserting said removable high capacity media into said high capacity removable media drive upon encountering said abnormal operating condition;restarting said computer system from said removable high capacity media such that said operating system and said graphical user interface are loaded from said removable high capacity media;launching said recovery software to rectify said abnormal operating condition upon successfully loading said graphical user interface; determining if said abnormal operating condition persists in said computer system;restoring files to said non-removable media from an archive if said abnormal operating condition persists; andreinstalling said operating system to said non-removable media if no archive exists.