Patent ID: 7065627

Claim:
A method for providing an event driven hardfile image in a computer system, the computer system including a hardfile, a hardfile adapter, a master boot record and an operating system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an extended physical partition table describing a plurality of partitions on the hardfile, the extended physical partition table for increasing a number of partitions available on the computer system such that the plurality of partitions is greater than a default set of partitions otherwise available on the computer system; (b) allowing the user to define at least one image using a utility, each of the at least one image corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of partitions and to a corresponding event, an image of the at least one image being mapped to the master boot record in response to an occurrence of the corresponding event, wherein the step of allowing the user to define the at least one image further includes the step of (b1) allowing the user to select the corresponding event for each of at least one image; (b2) allowing the user to select the portion of the plurality of partitions for each of the at least one image; and (c) providing an event driven table including each of the at least one image.