Data backup on secure partition
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsDavid Rivera, Joshua N Novak, Matthew David Hosford
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to backup data resident on an operating system (OS) partition of the information handling device; initiating, responsive to receiving the indication, a reboot of the OS into a pre-OS environment; accessing, in the pre-OS environment, a backup partition that is distinct and separate from the OS partition; and performing, subsequent to the accessing, a backup of the data from the OS partition to the backup partition. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at an information handling device and while an operating system (OS) of the information handling device is active, an indication to back up data resident on an operating system partition of the information handling device to a backup partition residing in a pre-OS environment and that is a partition distinct and separate from the OS partition, wherein the data resident on an operating system partition comprises user data created while the user is operating the operating system within the operating system partition and in an OS environment;
- initiating, responsive to receiving the indication, a reboot of the OS into the pre-OS environment;
- accessing, in the pre-OS environment, the backup partition;
- and
- performing, subsequent to the accessing and within the pre-OS environment, a backup of the data from the OS partition to the backup partition.
An information handling device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive, while an operating system (OS) of the information handling device is active, an indication to backup data resident on an operating system (OS) partition of the information handling device to a backup partition residing in a pre-OS environment and that is a partition distinct and separate from the OS partition, wherein the data resident on an operating system partition comprises user data created while the user is operating the operating system within the operating system partition and in an OS environment;
- initiate, responsive to receiving the indication, a reboot of the OS into the pre-OS environment;
- access, in the pre-OS environment, the backup partition;
- and
- perform, subsequent to the accessing and within the pre-OS environment, a backup of the data from the OS partition to the backup partition.
A product, comprising:
- a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- code that receives, while an operating system (OS) of an information handling device is active, an indication to backup data resident on an operating system (OS) partition of the information handling device to a backup partition residing in a pre-OS environment and that is a partition distinct and separate from the OS partition, wherein the data resident on an operating system partition comprises user data created while the user is operating the operating system within the operating system partition and in an OS environment;
- code that initiates, responsive to receiving the indication, a reboot of the OS into the pre-OS environment;
- code that accesses, in the pre-OS environment, the backup partition;
- and
- code that performs, subsequent to the accessing and within the pre-OS environment, a backup of the data from the OS partition to the backup partition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.