Patent ID: 7707454

Claim:
A method for protecting backup data of a computer system from damage, comprising: providing a first storage device connected to the computer system for storing the backup data of the computer system, wherein the first storage device is by default disabled by a pin on the motherboard of the computer system such that the operating system of the computer system is prevented from accessing the first storage device; initiating a first software system management interrupt to call the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) of the computer system to enable the first storage device by triggering the pin on the motherboard of the computer system such that the first storage device is accessible to the operating system of the computer system; copying the backup data stored in a second storage device of the computer system to the first storage device; and after the cony of the backup data is complete, initiating a second software system management interrupt to call the BIOS to disable the first storage device by triggering the pin on the motherboard of the computer system such that the operating system of the computer system is once again prevented from accessing the first storage device.