Patent ID: 8341384
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a processing system, an indication from a user to initiate installation of a new operating system onto a storage device of a computer having an existing previously installed operating system; partitioning, by the processing system, the storage device into an original partition and a new partition in response to receiving the indication from the user to initiate installation of the new operating system; loading, by the processing system, installation software for the new operating system onto the new partition including a set of files to boot the new operating system; booting, by the processing system, the computer into the installation software on the new partition; installing, by the processing system, the set of files to boot the new operating system onto the original partition via the installation software on the new partition; re-booting, by the processing system, the computer into the new operating system on the original partition; and removing, by the processing system, the new partition from the storage device, wherein installing the new operating system includes extracting operating system files to a first area on the original partition, verifying functionality of the operating system based at least in part on the extracted files in the first area; and moving the extracted files to a second area on the original partition.