File mapping and converting for dynamic disk personalization for multiple platforms

A method implemented and residing within a computer-readable storage medium that is executed by a processor of a network to perform the method, comprising:

• receiving a file access request for a file from a principal in a first platform of a first virtual machine (VM) defined by a first virtual image and the first VM personalized by personal storage defined for the principal, the file last modified by the principal from a second platform of a second VM defined by a second virtual image and personalized by the personal storage, the file present in the personal storage in a first format compatible for the first platform and a second format compatible for the second platform;
• intercepting a volatile operation to the file in the first format that is made by the principal in the first platform;
• converting the modified file in the first format following the volatile operation to the second format;
• and
• recording the modified file in the first format and the second format within the personal storage making the file available in the second format in the second platform when the principal instantiates the second VM.

A multiprocessor-implemented system, comprising:

• a first dynamic storage filter implemented in a non transitory computer-readable medium and to execute on a processor within a first virtual machine (VM);
• and
• a second dynamic storage filter implemented in a non transitory computer readable medium and to execute on second processor within a second VM;
• the first dynamic storage filter configured to detect volatile operations made to a file in the first VM using a first platform, the file accessible in the first platform in a first format, and the first dynamic storage filter configured to synchronize changes to the file in the first format to a second format compatible within a second platform of the second VM;
• the second dynamic storage filter configured to detect other volatile operations made to the file in the second VM using the second platform, the file accessible in the second platform in the second format, and the second dynamic storage filter configured to synchronize changes to the file in the second format to first format compatible within the first platform of the first VM.