Automatic detection and recovery of corrupt disk metadata
US8006125B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1417
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided is a technique to automatically detect and recover a computer system after a failed attempt to read a partition, for example, a failed attempt to boot a target operating system, caused by corrupt disk metadata, such as a corrupt partition table metadata or a corrupt boot sector metadata.
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