System and method of selectively restoring a computer system to an operational state

A system of selectively restoring a computer system to an operational state, comprising:

• a hardware processor configured to:
• create a backup image of the computer system comprising a set of data blocks;
• create and start a virtual machine based on the backup image;
• identify a subset of the data blocks accessed from the backup image during startup of the virtual machine;
• and
• in response to determining that the computer system should be restored:
• restore the subset of the data blocks such that the computer system is operational during startup;
• and
• restore a remaining set of the data blocks from the backup image after the startup of the computer system.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon computer executable instructions for selectively restoring a computer system to an operational state, including instructions for:

• creating a backup image of the computer system comprising a set of data blocks;
• creating and starting a virtual machine based on the backup image;
• identifying a subset of the data blocks accessed from the backup image during startup of the virtual machine;
• and
• in response to determining that the computer system should be restored:
• restoring the subset of the data blocks such that the computer system is operational during startup;
• and
• restoring a remaining set of the data blocks from the backup image after the startup of the computer system.