| 摘要 |
The present invention provides methods and apparatus that utilize a portable apparatus 702 to operate a host computer 704. The portable apparatus 702 including an operating system 706 and a list of software applications 708 is installed in a removable data storage medium . The basic input/output system (BIOS) of the host computer will directly or indirectly identify the portable apparatus 702 as its boot drive. The host computer 704 will further load the operating system in the portable apparatus 702 into its random access semiconductor memory (RAM) . A hardware profile 710 is stored in the host computer 704, which contains information about the host computer 704 and its peripheral devices 712. During loading, the operating system will incorporate information in the hardware profile 710 in order to fully operate the host computer 704 and the hardware devices 712 defined in the profile. |
