WO2002073448A3 - Coordinating user profile migration with disk imaging in a computer system - Google Patents

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WO2002073448A3
WO2002073448A3 PCT/US2002/005862 US0205862W WO02073448A3 WO 2002073448 A3 WO2002073448 A3 WO 2002073448A3 US 0205862 W US0205862 W US 0205862W WO 02073448 A3 WO02073448 A3 WO 02073448A3
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Steve Fairbanks
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    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
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The invention provides tools and techniques for migration of user profiles in place on a computer (100). In one method, a first step provides (206) a migration content storage partition (604) to hold migration content such as user settings (106). This partition is provided by using a partition manipulation tool to obtain sufficient space on the computer. A second step saves (208) migration content into the provided partition. A third step deploys (210) an image (602) into another partition (600) on the computer, overwriting that partition. A fourth step then uses the migration tool to restore (212) migration content from the migration content storage partition into the newly imaged partition, thereby customizing the new image with at least some of the former image's user settings. The migration content storage partition may then be deleted (318), or it may be retained and made available to the user as additional storage.
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