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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Samer N. Arafeh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Samer N. Arafeh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Method and computer storage media for efficiently deploying an operating system are provided. A virtual hard drive file is communicated by a computing device, such as a server. The virtual hard drive file may be compounded with a boot manager enhancer and/or a translator. Upon receipt of the virtual hard drive file, a computing device is enhanced to expose and mount the virtual hard drive as a drive and boot option for the computing device. Thereafter, an initial boot sequence may be commenced utilizing the virtual hard drive file as the boot source. In some embodiments, a boot manager enhancer and a translator are utilized to do one or more of expose, mount, and translate the virtual hard drive file. In some embodiments, a virtual SCSI miniport driver is utilized to do one or more of expose, mount, and translate the virtual hard drive file.