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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
William W. Buchanan, Jr., Wake Forest, NC (US);
Simon C. Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Peter Thomas Donovan, Cary, NC (US);
Benjamin Russell Grimes, Zebulon, NC (US);
Gregory Brian Pruett, Raleigh, NC (US);
David B. Rhoades, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paul Brian Tippet, Durham, NC (US);
William W. Buchanan, Jr., Wake Forest, NC (US);
Simon C. Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Peter Thomas Donovan, Cary, NC (US);
Benjamin Russell Grimes, Zebulon, NC (US);
Gregory Brian Pruett, Raleigh, NC (US);
David B. Rhoades, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paul Brian Tippet, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Aspects for detection and correction of entrance into an improper master boot record (MBR) state in a computer system are described. The aspects include providing a proxy MBR at a predetermined location on a storage device of a computer system to provide a proxy MBR. The proxy MBR is then utilized during a restart operation. An original MBR maintained at an original location on the storage device is then utilized during a reboot operation when the utilization of the proxy MBR is unsuccessful.