Patent ID: 8122293

Claim:
An external storage device for enabling a computer to automatically simulate manual testing after the computer is powered on, said external storage device comprising a script recorded thereon that corresponds to a manual testing operation, said script being provided to the computer for performing the manual testing operation after said external storage device is initialized by the computer; wherein said script includes a power on self-test checkpoint processing table, said power on self-test checkpoint processing table being provided with a power on self-test checkpoint processing header, a checkpoint code, an action type, a test parameter and a test result; and wherein said power on self-test checkpoint processing header is provided with a power on self-test batch processing signature and a checksum, said power on self-test batch processing signature indicating a power on self-test batch processing procedure to be performed, said checksum indicating a count of entries of data to be processed in said power on self-test batch processing procedure.