LICENSE TABLE FOR SOFTWARE PROTECTION

摘要

A method and apparatus for creating a table of information stored on a disk is disclosed. A first track is located on a hard disk which is unaffected and immune to changes in an operating system or any programs using the operating system. The table of information contains a unique marker signifying the beginning of the table. A series of table entries follow the table marker expanding through the sectors of the hard disk. The sectors are analyzed to determine whether the operating system, boot record or partition table make use of them. The table is written to the usable sectors of the track and may be in non-contiguous sectors.