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Apparatus and method for remote data recovery

  • US 6,145,088 A
  • Filed: 06/17/1997
  • Issued: 11/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for remotely recovering data from a storage medium in a local computer having a normal operating system, the method comprising the steps of:

  • loading into a removable media storage device of the local computer a removable storage medium including a bootable remote data recovery operating program pre-recorded thereon;

    loading into memory of the local computer, the bootable remote data recovery operating program from the removable storage medium, the bootable remote data recovery operating program being operated locally by the local computer and independently of the normal operating system;

    establishing communications between the local computer and a remote data recovery computer through operation of the remote data recovery operating program by the local computer; and

    remotely controlling the local computer by the remote data recovery computer, whereupon data on the storage medium of the local computer can be diagnosed and rectified through operation of the remote data recovery computer.

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