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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Philip Lee Childs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark Charles Davis, Durham, NC (US);
Steven Dale Goodman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Joseph Wayne Freeman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Rod David Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);
Philip Lee Childs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark Charles Davis, Durham, NC (US);
Steven Dale Goodman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Joseph Wayne Freeman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Rod David Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
In the event of a virally infected MBR on a hard disk drive that might prevent booting, a service MBR in a hidden protected area (HPA) can be used to boot a service O.S., and then the service MBR can be replaced with a previously backed-up MBR, also in the HPA, to mount any missing partitions.