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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. 04, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Deshayes, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Madhav Mutalik, Northboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707204 ; 707202 ; 395181 ; 39518201 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for backing up and restoring data in a computer system is disclosed. A segment of data, such as a virtual disk partition, may be backed up at a physical level from a primary storage device to a backup storage device. A logical element within the segment of data, such as a data file, may be restored from the backup storage device to the primary storage device. In one embodiment, this is achieved by restoring the segment to a scratch memory area and using a client computer to logically restore the logical element.