发明名称 Computer system and method for accessing a protected partition of a disk drive that lies beyond a limited address range of a host computer's BIOS
摘要 The invention may be embodied in a method and a related computer system. The computer system includes a host computer with a native drive-access routine having a limited address range, and a disk drive with a protected area that is inaccessible to a user's preferred operating system. The protected area also lies beyond the limited address range. The method includes receiving and detecting a command in the disk drive for reading a master boot record to initiate a bootload of the operating system. In response to detecting the command, the method includes transferring a drive-selected master boot record that, when executed in the computer system, initiates a process that enables address spoofing, loads an extended-address drive-access routine from the protected area using spoofed addresses within the limited address range, and executes the extended-address drive-access routine to replace the native drive-access routine for providing access to the protected area.
申请公布号 US6691213(B1) 申请公布日期 2004.02.10
申请号 US20010796915 申请日期 2001.02.28
申请人 WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES, INC. 发明人 LUU VU V.;VALLIS MARK F.
分类号 G06F3/06;G06F9/445;G06F12/00;(IPC1-7):G06F12/00 主分类号 G06F3/06
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