Patent ID: 7814077

Claim:
A computer implemented method, comprising: processing an operation in a computer to restore a source file in a computer readable storage medium having a first file name to a restore file in the computer readable storage medium, wherein the source file is in a state of being accessed by a process; determining whether a second file name references the source file; creating a first temporary file name and a second temporary file name that both reference the restore file in response to determining that the second file name references the source file; indicating in a boot registry, which is accessed during a reboot operation, operations to rename the first temporary file name to the first file name and the second temporary file name to the second file name before the reboot operation; performing a reboot operation of the computer; accessing the boot registry in response to the reboot operation; and renaming the first temporary file name to the first file name and renaming the second temporary file name to the second file name in response to performing the operations indicated in the accessed boot registry, wherein after the renaming of the first and the second temporary file names, the first and the second file names reference the restore file in the computer readable storage medium.