Patent ID: 8230207

Claim:
In a system comprising a computing device having an eSata port and an USB port, a controller connected to said eSata port and said USB port, and an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device connected to said controller, a method comprising: on controller startup, the controller presenting to a computing device via the USB port data from a first partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory whereby the computing device is caused to assign to the first partition a drive letter and provide to the first partition read access; downloading from said controller into said computing device and causing the execution in said computing device an authentication process; and in response to receiving a valid authentication, presenting to the computing device a second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device as an eSata storage device, wherein the second partition remains invisible to the computing device until presented; and whereby after presentation the computing device is caused to assign to the second partition a drive letter and to provide to the first partition read/write access.