Patent ID: 8046575

Claim:
A method for automatically restoring a system configuration with a single key, wherein the method is used to set/recover system configuration parameters in order to ensure a normal boot-up sequence, wherein the method comprises: detecting a mode of press modes of a power button; determining one of restoring items according to the mode; restoring the system configuration corresponding to the one of the restoring items; and performing a normal boot process, wherein the restoring items comprise commands of clearing information stored in a CMOS memory, restoring original system configuration setting, and rewriting a BIOS program, and each one of the press modes corresponds to a different one of the restoring items, wherein when the power button is pressed twice for two different durations, the step of clearing information stored in the CMOS memory is executed; when the power button is pressed for a first duration and sequentially pressed twice for a second duration equally, the step of restoring the original system configuration setting is executed; and when the power button is pressed for the first duration and sequentially pressed three times for the second duration equally, the step of rewriting the BIOS program is executed.