Storage media with benchmark representative of data originally stored thereon
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1. A method of copying data from a master storage medium (“
- master”
) for copying such data of a computing device to a copied-to storage medium, media the method comprising;
media medium, the method comprising;
verifying the computing device based on an identifier of the computing device;
reading the data on the master storage medium of the verified computing device into a master image file;
manipulating the master image file to includecreating a benchmark comprising tracking and verification information tied to at least a portion of the master image file, wherein the benchmark is not contained in the master storage medium;
writing the benchmark into the master image file, wherein a part identifier that identifies the master image file is included in the benchmark; and
whereby a copied-to storage media as copied fromwriting the master image file also includes such, including the benchmark, to the copied-to storage medium, wherein writing the master image file to the copied-to storage medium comprises inserting the benchmark into an area of the copied-to storage medium which is a normally inaccessible area of the copied-to storage medium;
wherebywherein the benchmark is usable to detect a data alteration of the master image file causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such master image file, and wherebyor a data alteration of the copied-to storage media also causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such storage media as copied from such master image filemedium.
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Abstract
Data on a master is read into a master image file, and the master image file is manipulated to include a benchmark comprising tracking and verification information tied to at least a portion of the master image file. Thus, a copied-to storage media as copied from the master image file also includes such benchmark, a data alteration of the master image file causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such master image file, and a data alteration of the copied-to storage media also causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such storage media as copied from such master image file. The benchmark may include a part identifier and a security identifier.
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1. A method of copying data from a master storage medium (“
- master”
) for copying such data of a computing device to a copied-to storage medium, media the method comprising;
media medium, the method comprising;verifying the computing device based on an identifier of the computing device; reading the data on the master storage medium of the verified computing device into a master image file; manipulating the master image file to includecreating a benchmark comprising tracking and verification information tied to at least a portion of the master image file, wherein the benchmark is not contained in the master storage medium; writing the benchmark into the master image file, wherein a part identifier that identifies the master image file is included in the benchmark; and whereby a copied-to storage media as copied fromwriting the master image file also includes such, including the benchmark, to the copied-to storage medium, wherein writing the master image file to the copied-to storage medium comprises inserting the benchmark into an area of the copied-to storage medium which is a normally inaccessible area of the copied-to storage medium; wherebywherein the benchmark is usable to detect a data alteration of the master image file causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such master image file, and wherebyor a data alteration of the copied-to storage media also causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such storage media as copied from such master image filemedium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable storage medium having data stored thereon, the data comprising:
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an identifier for verifying a computing device comprising a master storage medium; data copied from the master storage medium of the verified computing device; a computer-readable data structure comprising a first field containing a benchmark comprising tracking and verification information tied to at least a portion of the data structure, copied from the master storage medium, wherein the benchmark is not contained in the master storage medium, wherein the first field appears in a normally inaccessible area in the computer-readable storage medium; and a part identifier which identifies a master image file; wherebywherein the benchmark is usable to detect a data alteration of the data structure causes a mis-match with regard to the benchmark in such first fieldcopied from the master storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus for copying data from a master storage medium of a computing device to a copied-to storage medium, the apparatus comprising:
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means for verifying the computing device based on an identifier of the computing device; means for reading the data on the master storage medium of the verified computing device into a master image file; means for creating a benchmark comprising tracking and verification information tied to at least a portion of the master image file, wherein the benchmark is not contained in the master storage medium; means for writing the benchmark into the master image file, wherein a part identifier that identifies the master image file is inserted into the benchmark; and means for writing the master image file, including the benchmark, to the copied-to storage medium, wherein said means for writing the master image file is configured to write the benchmark into an area of the copied-to storage medium which is a normally inaccessible area of the copied-to storage medium; wherein the benchmark is usable to detect a data alteration of the master image file or a data alteration of the copied-to storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A computer system for copying data from a master storage medium of a computing device to a copied-to storage medium, the system comprising:
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a module for verifying the computing device based on an identifier of the computing device; a module for copying the data from the master storage medium of the verified computing device into a master image file stored on the system and writing to the master image file a benchmark that includes tracking and verification information derived at least partly from the master image file, wherein the benchmark is not contained in the master storage medium; a module for checking for alteration of the master image file from the master using the benchmark; a module for producing a production copy of the master image file and benchmark onto the copied-to storage medium, wherein the copied-to storage medium comprises a part identifier which identifies the master image file in the benchmark, wherein the copied-to storage medium comprises the benchmark in a normally inaccessible area of the copied-to storage medium; and a module for comparing the master image file and benchmark with the production copy, wherein data alteration causes a mis-match between the benchmarks of the master image file and the production copy. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57)
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