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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard P Jernigan, IV, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395616 ; 395622 ;
Abstract
An improved storage device repair mechanism is provided. The storage device repair mechanism of the preferred embodiment searches the storage device and detects cross-linked clusters and lost directories. In response to detecting a cross-linked cluster, the repair mechanism of the preferred embodiment duplicates the cross-linked cluster and attaches the cross-linked cluster to one of the cross-linked cluster chains. In response to detecting a lost directory, the repair mechanism of the preferred embodiment attaches the lost directory to the root directory.