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US 8,028,158 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for creating a self booting operating system image backup on an external USB hard disk drive that is capable of performing a complete restore to an internal system disk
AssigneeCMS Products, Inc.
InventorsGary William Streuter, Randy Deetz, James Sedin
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Abstract
Backup applications that use externally connected hard disk drives for storing full image backups of a windows system disk or compressed image or file by file backups of a windows system disk. A system incrementally updates the images, including the system registry, and puts information on the external drive that makes it bootable.
Claims20
A computer system, comprising:
- a computer system with:
- a system BIOS;
- an operating system that operates according to a system registry;
- at least one internal storage unit, storing plural user files;
- at least one externally attached storage unit, over a computer-controlled bus;
- and
- a first software application program, running on said computer system-, wherein said first software application program runs a backup routine a plurality of times based on actions on the computer, said first software application program running to:
- initially selectively formats said external storage unit;
- initially copies each of the files from said internal storage unit to said external
- storage unit;
- and
- initially forms a system registry on said external storage unit such that said external storage unit is bootable over said computer controlled bus;
- and
- incrementally updating said files and said system registry on said external storage unit, wherein said first software application program changes the system registry on said external storage unit at each of a plurality of times of running of said first software application.
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A method, comprising:
- running an operating system on a computer, that operates according to a system registry, said operating system resident on at least one internal storage unit, and plural user files also being stored on said internal storage unit;
- connecting to at least one externally attached storage unit, over a computer-controlled bus;
- using a first software application program, running on said computer to selectively format an external storage unit, copy each of the files from said internal storage unit to said external storage unit, and forms a bootable image on said external storage unit such that said external storage unit is bootable over said computer controlled bus;
- and
- using said first software application program for incrementally updating said files and said system registry on said external storage unit, wherein said first software application program changes the system registry on said external storage unit at each of a plurality of times of running of said first software application.
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