Patents by Inventor Rene Richard Gaudet

Rene Richard Gaudet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for mounting a system partition as a logical drive while an operating system is operational by modifying a partition table
    Patent number: 5974517
    Abstract: A computer system and method for allowing access to system partitions while an operating system is operational are disclosed. The system partitions are mounted by the operating system as logical drives so that the system partitions can be accessed as any other logical drive. In one embodiment, a method for accessing a special partition on at least one of a plurality of physical disks associated with a computer system running an operating system includes the operations of identifying a designated disk from the plurality of physical disks, each of the physical disks having a partition table associated therewith, and determining whether there is a special partition on the designated disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventor: Rene Richard Gaudet