Self-repairing operating system for computer entities

摘要

A method of installing an operating system into a computer entity comprising at least one data storage device, a primary operating system (303) and an emergency operating system (304), comprises the steps of: creating a copy of the primary operating system on an operating system back-up area (313) of the data storage device of the computer entity; operating the computer entity using the emergency operating system (304); storing data of the computer entity on a user settings archive (311) of the data storage device; replacing the primary operating system with the copy of the primary operating system; automatically checking for corrupted data on the user settings archive; and restoring settings data of the computer entity from the user settings archive (311). In the event of a failure involving data corruption, application data may be deleted and recreated in a known good default state.