Utilizing the suspend state of an information handling system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSeiichi Kawano, Kenji Oka, Kishiko Itoh
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Abstract
A robust information processing apparatus that prevents damage to an executable program for an OS due to an unintended operation by a user is provided. The apparatus includes an external storage device having a normal partition that can be referred to by a user and a hidden partition storing an executable program for an operating system and hidden from the user, a reading portion that reads the executable program for the operating system from the hidden partition to a main storage unit, and an execution portion that executes the operating system read into the main storage unit.
Claims16
Apparatus, comprising:
- an external storage device having a normal partition which can be referred to by a user and a hidden partition storing an executable program for an operating system and hidden from the user;
- a reader which reads the executable program for the operating system from the hidden partition to a main storage unit in response to a direction for reading the program from the user;
- and
- an execution unit which executes the operating system read into said main storage unit.
2 Apparatus of claim 1, wherein said reader transmits a predetermined password to said external storage device to permit said external storage device to read the hidden partition.
A control method of controlling an apparatus having an external storage device having a normal partition which can be referred to by a user and a hidden partition hidden from the user, said method comprising the steps of:
- previously storing an executable program for an operating system;
- reading the executable program for the operating system from the hidden partition to a main storage unit in response to a direction for reading the program from the user;
- and
- executing the operating system read into the main storage unit.
A product comprising:
- a storage medium having a program stored therein which is readable by a computer having an external storage device which has a normal partition which can be referred to by a user and a hidden partition storing an executable program for an operating system and hidden from the user, said program causing the computer to function as:
- a reader which reads the executable program for the operating system from the hidden partition to a main storage unit in response to a direction for reading the program from the user;
- and
- an execution unit which executes the operating system read into the main storage unit.
A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to operate as an apparatus, the computer having an external storage device having a normal partition which can be referred to by a user and a hidden partition storing an executable program for an operating system and hidden from the user, the program causing the computer to function as:
- a reader which reads the executable program for the operating system from the hidden partition to a main storage unit in response to a direction for reading the program from the user;
- and
- an execution unit which executes the operating system read into the main storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.