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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Richard Wayne Cheston, Morrisville, NC (US);
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Jeffrey Mark Estroff, Cary, NC (US);
James Anthony Hunt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Howard Jeffrey Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Joshua Neil Novak, Raleigh, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James Peter Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Arnold Stephen Weksler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard Wayne Cheston, Morrisville, NC (US);
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Jeffrey Mark Estroff, Cary, NC (US);
James Anthony Hunt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Howard Jeffrey Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Joshua Neil Novak, Raleigh, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James Peter Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Arnold Stephen Weksler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
The hard disk drive of a computer system is loaded with a preloaded image including an operating system, a number of application programs, and a device driver installation routine, all of which are not dependent on the hardware configuration of the computer system. A hidden partition of the hard disk drive is also loaded with a number of device drivers, which are dependent upon the hardware configuration. During the first boot only of the preloaded image, the device drivers are installed by the device driver installation routine.