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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
May. 02, 2000
Christopher Britton Gould, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Rhoades, Apex, NC (US);
Walter Leslie Robinson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gary Anthony Vaiskauckas, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing system and method are described for creating a virtual partition within an existing partition within a hard disk drive included within the system. A first master boot record is written which includes a partition. The partition defines a first file system to be utilized by the hard drive. A file is created within the partition. The first master boot record is temporarily overwritten with a second master boot record without altering the first file system. The second master boot record includes a designation of the file as a second partition. The second partition defines a second file system. The second partition is designated as the active partition. The data processing system is booted utilizing the second master boot record. The second partition is a virtual partition within the existing partition.