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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Alan E. Beelitz, Leander, TX (US);
Shree A. Dandekar, Round Rock, TX (US);
Paul J. Maia, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Reva L. Tolliver, Austin, TX (US);
Alan E. Beelitz, Leander, TX (US);
Shree A. Dandekar, Round Rock, TX (US);
Paul J. Maia, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Reva L. Tolliver, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for restoring a master boot record in association with accessing a hidden partition is disclosed. According to one aspect, a method of restoring a master boot record for a storage device is disclosed. The method can include initiating access to a hidden partition stored within a storage device. The method can also include disassociating a visible partition descriptor from a visible partition of the storage device. The method can also include associating the visible partition descriptor with the hidden partition and accessing the hidden partition using the visible partition descriptor. The method can also include reassociating the visible partition descriptor with the visible partition while accessing the hidden partition.