IMAGE RESCUE

摘要

An image rescue system (10) includes an application program (16) for communication with a mass storage device, said application program being in communication with an operating system layer (18) for accessing said mass storage device to read and write information, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The image rescue system further includes a device driver in communication with said application program, said operating system layer and said mass storage device, said device driver for allowing said application program to access said mass storage device to read and write information by bypassing said operating system layer, said device driver for communicating with said mass storage device to allow said application program to rapidly access information in said mass storage device considered damaged by said operating layer, said damaged information being inaccessible to said operating system layer, wherein said image rescue system accesses said mass storage device to rapidly and efficiently retrieve and recover information accessible and inaccessible to said operating system layer.