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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Method and apparatus for providing access to data in unsupported file systems and storage containers
Applicants:
Hans Van Rietschote, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Craig W Hobbs, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tommi Salli, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hans van Rietschote, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Craig W Hobbs, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tommi Salli, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
SYMANTEC CORPOARTION, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for providing access to data comprising launching an image of a virtual machine, determining a file system or a storage container being unsupported by an operating system coupled to the virtual machine, mapping the file system or the storage container onto the operating system and accessing data within the file system or the storage container through the operating system.