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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1999
Vam Chang, Taipei, TW;
Xian-Hong Shen, Shang Hai, CN;
Inventec Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The present invention herein relates to a kind of testing method of the integrity of the software pre-installed in a computer hard disk by providing a file information access function to directly read data on the physical magnetic tracks of a hard disk through a lower level operating method, and to obtain and then test the file names, file sizes, file storage locations and other information stored in all partitions (including hidden partitions and normal partitions). The present invention also permits the operator to manually input the names of known files and directories that may be altered during the computer start-up routine in advance to enable the effects of said known files and directories being disregarded during the testing procedures, and, furthermore, to create a standard pre-installed software information file that is compared with a temporary file created from the software information on the hard disk, thereby ensuring that the software pre-installed on a hard disk of computer sold by a manufacturer is reliable and accurate to meet consumers' expectations.