Smart boot manager

A machine-readable storage device having instructions for execution by a processor of a machine to cause the processor to perform operations to perform a method, the operations comprising:

• booting a personal computer to a first operating system via an external storage device;
• accessing a first script from the external storage device identifying multiple tools to execute, the first script corresponding to the first operating system;
• executing at least a first tool identified by the script;
• updating a log and status of the executing on the external storage device in response to executing the at least first tool;
• and
• booting the personal computer to a second operating system based on the log and status for execution of further tools.

A device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device coupled to the processor and having a program stored thereon for execution by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• booting a personal computer to a first operating system via an external storage device;
• accessing a first script from the external storage device identifying multiple tools to execute, the first script corresponding to the first operating system;
• executing at least a first tool identified by the script;
• updating a log and status of the executing on the external storage device in response to executing the at least first tool;
• and
• booting the personal computer to a second operating system based on the log and status for execution of further tools.