Patent ID: RE44969

Claim:
A method of copying data from a master storage medium (“master”) for copying such data of a computing device to a copied-to storage medium , media the method comprising: media medium , the method comprising: verifying the computing device based on an identifier of the computing device; reading the data on the master storage medium of the verified computing device into a master image file; manipulating the master image file to include creating a benchmark comprising tracking and verification information tied to at least a portion of the master image file, wherein the benchmark is not contained in the master storage medium; writing the benchmark into the master image file, wherein a part identifier that identifies the master image file is included in the benchmark; and whereby a copied-to storage media as copied from writing the master image file also includes such , including the benchmark, to the copied-to storage medium, wherein writing the master image file to the copied-to storage medium comprises inserting the benchmark into an area of the copied-to storage medium which is a normally inaccessible area of the copied-to storage medium; whereby wherein the benchmark is usable to detect a data alteration of the master image file causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such master image file, and whereby or a data alteration of the copied-to storage media also causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such storage media as copied from such master image file medium .