Device driver processing for automated system restores

Details Device driver processing for automated system restores Device driver processing for automated system restores

2011-05-10

2011-05-10

Wu, Qing (Department: 2196)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra

Device driver communication

Virtual device driver

C719S321000, C714S100000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07941814

ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a computer accessible medium comprises a plurality of instructions which, when executed and if a computer system comprises at least one virtual hardware device, identify the virtual hardware device and a corresponding physical hardware device. The plurality of instructions also capture a device driver associated with the physical hardware device for use as the device driver in an install of an operating system on a second computer system having a same type of physical hardware device. Corresponding computer systems and methods are also described.

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