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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2006
Michael S. Allison, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
John A. Morrison, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Michael S. Allison, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
John A. Morrison, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method for restarting a computing platform to a state in which applications run in less time than an initial start, comprising powering on a computing platform having a plurality of devices; identifying one or more of the devices which are not critical to running applications; storing information about the non-critical devices; restarting the computing platform; retrieving the information about the non-critical devices; disabling the non-critical devices; enabling devices which are not non-critical; and enabling the non-critical devices after the restart is completed.