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US 2006/0224794 A1Published application
Using USB memory device to recover operating system
OwnerMichael Stevensinventor
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Abstract
A portable universal serial bus (USB) memory device that is connectable to an instrument having an operating system. The USB memory device includes software stored thereon which, when the USB memory device is connected to the instrument, automatically boots the instrument and causes the operating system of the booted instrument to be automatically recovered.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a universal serial bus (USB) memory device connectable to an instrument having an operating system, the USB memory device comprising software stored thereon which, when the USB memory device is connected to the instrument, automatically boots the instrument and causes the operating system of the booted instrument to be automatically recovered.
A method comprising:
- configuring a master boot record and a partition table of a universal serial bus (USB) memory device to cause the USB memory device to automatically boot an instrument having an operating system when the USB memory device is connected to the instrument.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for configuring a master boot record and a partition table of a universal serial bus (USB) memory device to cause the USB memory device to automatically boot an instrument having an operating system when the USB memory device is connected to the instrument;
- and
- means for writing recovery software to the USB memory device to allow the instrument to automatically recover the operating system when the instrument is connected to the USB memory device and after the instrument is automatically booted.
A method comprising:
- connecting a universal serial bus (USB) memory device to a computer;
- writing booting software to the USB memory device by the connected computer to allow an instrument connectable to the USB memory device and having an operating system to be automatically booted by the USB memory device when the USB memory device is connected to the instrument;
- writing recovery software to the USB memory device by the connected computer to allow the instrument to automatically recover the operating system when the USB memory device is connected to the instrument;
- disconnecting the USB memory device having the booting software and the recovery software written thereto from the computer;
- and
- connecting the USB memory device having the booting software and the recovery software written thereto to the instrument so that the instrument is automatically booted via the booting software and the operating system is automatically recovered by the booted instrument via the recovery software.
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