Optical disc for simplified data backup
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1. A data storage medium comprising:
- an optical disc including a writable portion; and
a read-only portion comprising computer-readable instructions for backing up data onto the writable portion.
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Abstract
An optical disc having a read-only portion and a writable portion is provided. The read-only portion comprises computer-readable instructions including a backup application. When the optical disc is inserted into an optical drive of a data source, such as a personal computer, the operating system of the data source automatically launches the backup application. The backup application is configured to find files on the data source that satisfy search criteria, which can be predefined, and to copy those files to the writable portion of the optical disc.
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1. A data storage medium comprising:
an optical disc including a writable portion; and
a read-only portion comprising computer-readable instructions for backing up data onto the writable portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for backing up data, the method consisting of inserting an optical disc into an optical drive of a data source, wherein an operating system of the data source automatically launches a data backup application stored on a read-only portion of the optical disc, and wherein the data backup application copies data files to a writable portion of the optical disc.
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17. A method for backing up data from a data source, the method comprising:
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detecting a medium in a media drive of the data source;
launching a data backup application stored on the medium, the data backup application being configured to find data files on the data source according to a criterion; and
copying the data files to the medium. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for backing up data from a data source, the method comprising:
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detecting a first medium in a media drive of the data source;
launching a data backup application stored on the first medium, the data backup application being configured to find data files on the data source according to a criterion;
determining that the storage capacity necessary to back up the found files exceeds the available storage capacity of a writable portion of the first medium;
and prompting a user to replace the first medium with a second medium in the media drive. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. An optical disc comprising:
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a writable portion comprising a first media format; and
a read-only portion comprising a second media format and computer-readable instructions including an Autorun.inf file pointing to a backup application configured to selectively find data files on a data source and copy the data files onto the writable portion. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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