Patent ID: 8689291

Claim:
A wireless access device, comprising a wireless module which establishes a wireless connection with a network and a solid state memory which is partitioned into different storage volumes, wherein in the solid state storage, a fourth storage volume stores a bootstrap, a first storage volume stores an operating system and a system management software, and a third storage volume stores an encryption driver management software, a device drive software and a device management software, wherein the wireless access device further comprises an enumeration management module and a driver management module; the driver management module is configured to store information of the storage volumes; the enumeration management module is configured to: enumerate the fourth storage volume storing the bootstrap as a driver after the wireless access device is powered on; switch to a host mode according to the information of the storage volumes in the driver management module when it is determined that a command which indicates to switch to the host mode transmitted by the bootstrap running on a computer device is received, and enumerate the first storage volume, the third storage volume and the wireless module as drivers; switch to a peripheral device mode according to the information of the storage volumes in the driver management module when it is determined that the command which indicates to switch to the host mode is not received, and enumerate the third storage volume and the wireless module as drivers; and wherein in the host mode, the wireless access device acts as an bootable disk for the computer device.