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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Troy Alan Funk, Issaquah, WA (US);
Shon T. Eizenhoefer, Bothell, WA (US);
Ping Xie, Redmond, WA (US);
Sanket Patel, Redmond, WA (US);
Itai Rosenberger, Seattle, WA (US);
Arvind R. Padole, Bothell, WA (US);
Ellsworth D. Walker, Seattle, WA (US);
James A. Schwartz, Seattle, WA (US);
Troy Alan Funk, Issaquah, WA (US);
Shon T. Eizenhoefer, Bothell, WA (US);
Ping Xie, Redmond, WA (US);
Sanket Patel, Redmond, WA (US);
Itai Rosenberger, Seattle, WA (US);
Arvind R. Padole, Bothell, WA (US);
Ellsworth D. Walker, Seattle, WA (US);
James A. Schwartz, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide an ability to automatically boot a computing device with an operating system stored on a portable storage device when the portable storage device is detected to be present. The computing device can be configured to dynamically boot from the portable storage device when the portable storage device is detected, and revert to a programmed boot order in its associated boot module when the portable storage device is not detected. In some embodiments, the operating system is fully encapsulated on the portable storage device, such as the operating system being completely separate from an operating system initially booting the computing device.