Patent ID: 7401212

Claim:
A method for servicing operations of a computer, said computer having an operating system and a local network interface associated therewith, said operating system being unable to boot on its own, said method comprising: connecting an operation servicing device to the computer via a first interface of the operation servicing device, said operation servicing device comprising a memory, said memory of the operation servicing device having another operating system stored therein, said operation servicing device being external with respect to the computer, said another operating system being capable of booting the computer, said first interface comprising a universal serial bus (USB) interface; in response to an instruction to start servicing the computer from an administrator at a location of the computer, executing the operating system stored in the memory of the operation servicing device when the operation servicing device is connected to the computer to boot the computer; connecting the operation servicing device to a network via a second interface of the operation servicing device, said second interface comprising a network interface adapter, said memory of the operation servicing device having a driver for the second interface stored therein, said driver being a network adapter driver, said second interface being an integral part of the operation servicing device and being external to the computer; accessing a bootable image of the operations of the computer on the network via the second interface and not via the local network interface of the computer, said bootable image being capable of serving the operating system of the computer; and servicing operations of the operating system of the computer according to the bootable image, said servicing operations including updating the operations of the operating system of the computer according to the bootable image.