Near instantaneous backup and restore of disc partitions

Details Near instantaneous backup and restore of disc partitions Near instantaneous backup and restore of disc partitions

2007-02-16

2009-08-18

Elmore, Stephen C (Department: 2185)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Control technique

C711S004000, C711S103000, C711S112000, C711S162000, C711S170000, C707S793000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07577803

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus comprises a data storage medium including first and second partitions, wherein individual physical blocks in the first partition are paired with individual physical blocks in the second partition, a status flag for each of the pairs of physical blocks, and a controller for performing read and write operations on the physical blocks in accordance with the status flags. A method performed by the apparatus is also provided.

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