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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Matthew S. Garson, Seattle, WA (US);
Ravinder S. Thind, Sammamish, WA (US);
Darwin Ou-yang, Redmond, WA (US);
Karan Mehra, Sammamish, WA (US);
Neal R. Christiansen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Matthew S. Garson, Seattle, WA (US);
Ravinder S. Thind, Sammamish, WA (US);
Darwin Ou-Yang, Redmond, WA (US);
Karan Mehra, Sammamish, WA (US);
Neal R. Christiansen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include a file system data structure and file system recognition APIs that may allow an operating system to identify a partition of a storage device as having a valid file system, even if the operating system does not know how to access the file system a priori. File systems can implement these data structures in a standardized, known location within a partition on the storage device such that an operating system may use APIs or other functions to examine the known location for the presence of these data structures. Information on how to interpret the data structure may be obtained using a network or other source.