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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Rene Richard Gaudet, Cypress, TX (US);
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer system and method for allowing access to system partitions while an operating system is operational are disclosed. The system partitions are mounted by the operating system as logical drives so that the system partitions can be accessed as any other logical drive. In one embodiment, a method for accessing a special partition on at least one of a plurality of physical disks associated with a computer system running an operating system includes the operations of identifying a designated disk from the plurality of physical disks, each of the physical disks having a partition table associated therewith, and determining whether there is a special partition on the designated disk. The method further includes identifying the partition table associated with the designated disk when it is determined that the special partition is on the designated disk, and modifying a partition type in the partition table associated with the designated disk when it is determined that the special partition is on the designated disk.
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