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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1999
Golden E. Murray, Mapleton, UT (US);
David I. Marsh, Orem, UT (US);
Robert S. Raymond, Orem, UT (US);
Troy Millett, Lindon, UT (US);
Damon Janis, Katy, TX (US);
Russell J. Marsh, Lindon, UT (US);
Paul E. Madden, Orem, UT (US);
PowerQuest Corporation, Orem, UT (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides tools and techniques for manipulating virtual partitions in a virtual engine environment without necessarily committing each partition manipulation by actually modifying on-disk system structures. A virtual engine, virtual partitions, virtual drives, and other structures in the virtual engine environment permit users to experiment with different partition manipulations in a safe and efficient manner. A batch manager manages a resulting list of partition manipulation operations, which may be optimized. The batch list may also be executed automatically by a conventional partition manipulation engine without requiring additional user input at the end of each list entry. The present invention also provides the ability to manipulate extended partitions automatically and provides support for remote partition manipulation through a two-part user interface architecture.