Patent ID: 7600105

Claim:
A system for performing a streamlined startup procedure for a computer comprising: a computer; a first button and a second button; logic responsive to activation of either the first button or second button to trigger execution of a conventional BIOS (basic input output service) routine, wherein the conventional BIOS routine comprises at least one original boot code executed and stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM); modified boot code stored in a hard drive, operative to determine which of the first button or second button has been activated, and to direct further execution to either of a first boot code or a second boot code; first boot code stored in a first partition on the hard drive, responsive to the activation of the first button to cause the computer to execute a conventional boot code procedure; and second boot code stored in a second partition on the hard drive, responsive to the activation of the second button to cause the computer to execute a streamlined boot code procedure, the streamlined boot code procedure configured to load or execute code segments other than the conventional boot code wherein storage of the modified boot code in the hard drive facilitates modification of the modified boot code, wherein the original boot code is configured to load the modified boot code from the hard drive.