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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2012
Acronis International Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Dmitry M. Chepel, Moscow, RU;
Serguei M. Beloussov, Singapore, SG;
Maxim V. Lyadvinsky, Moscow, RU;
Maxim V. Goldobin, Moscow, RU;
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for providing 'bare metal' computer hardware with full operating system capabilities, including: (a) executing software contained in computer hardware read-only memory; (b) transferring software control to a location of a start-up program; (c) performing initialization of devices of the computer hardware; (d) selecting an origin storage device for restoration of an operating system to a destination storage device of the computer hardware; (e) establishing a connection with an origin for restoration of an operating system to the computer hardware; (f) initiating a transfer of the operating system data from selected origin to the computer hardware; (g) performing optional substitution of the computer hardware drivers; (h) performing optional structural modifications to the restored operating system; and (i) restoring the operating system to the computer hardware from a data storage device located either locally or remotely, from full or incremental operating system backup.