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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Kishiko Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Mine, Yamato, JP;
Ken Sasaki, Yamato, JP;
Lenovo Singapore Pte, Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
For a hard disk drive divided into a user area that is an area operating in a user environment, and a host protected area that is an area protected from a user, provided are: a basic input/output system which supports a boot from the host protected area as well as supports a validation, for a system vendor authentication, of a Protected Area Run Time Interface Extension Services application stored in the host protected area; and a Protected Area Run Time Interface Extension Services application access module which generates a virtual Protected Area Run Time Interface Extension Services application area by copying the Protected Area Run Time Interface Extension Services application onto an unoccupied area of a memory.