Patent ID: 6901493
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting data of a computer system having a hard drive with an operating system stored on a first partition thereof, comprising: Copying the operating system from the first partition of the hard drive to a second partition of the hard drive and copying selected data from the hard drive to a storage resource connected to the Internet, wherein the second partition of the hard drive is hidden from a user of the computer system; If a crash that prevents the computer system from booting from the operating system stored on the first partition of the hard drive occurs, booting the computer system from the cony of the operating system stored on the second partition of the hard drive; and If the selected data copied from the hard drive needs to be restored back to the hard drive, accessing the storage resource to which the selected data was copied and restoring the selected data back to the hard drive.