KR20070024062A - Method for os restoring of computer using backup image file - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for optimally restoring an OS of a computer using a backup image file is provided to enable a computer after-sale service company to reduce after-sale service time caused from frequent OS/application program installation by installing the OS/application program with the backup image file optimized to each computer model and providing the backup image file to a user. A sample computer is prepared for each main board chipset maker(S10). The OS is installed to each sample computer(S20). A sample restoration image file for each main board chipset maker is made by compressing the OS as the backup image file in each sample computer(S40). A type of the main board chipset is confirmed when the OS is reinstalled to a target computer to be repaired and the sample restoration image file extracted from the sample computer, which includes the main board chipset matched with the confirmed main board chipset is selected(S60). The OS of the sample computer having the matched main board chipset is installed to the target computer by copying the sample restore image file to the target computer and decompressing the copied sample restore image file(S70).

Description

Optimizing the Recovery System for Computers Using Backup Image Files {METHOD FOR OS RESTORING OF COMPUTER USING BACKUP IMAGE FILE}

1 is a conceptual diagram for implementing an optimized recovery method for a computer using a backup image file to which the present invention is applied.

2 is an overall flowchart illustrating an optimized recovery method for a computer using a backup image file to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 3 is a detailed flowchart showing a sample restoration image file preparation step for each sample computer to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 4 is a detailed flowchart showing the operating system installation step of the repaired computer to which the present invention is applied.

The present invention relates to an optimized recovery method for a computer using a backup image file, and more particularly, a computer A / S company can reduce the installation time of the operating system for a repaired computer to the shortest time and install a stable operating system. Optimized recovery of computer using backup image file to prevent user's work loss due to frequent duplicate A / S by supporting user to restore system directly in case of abnormal computer operation It is about a method.

In general, files stored in the computer system are damaged due to virus infiltration or many unknown software problems during the use of operating system programs and other applications stored on the hard disk drive. In such a case, the computer system does not operate normally, causing much damage to the user.

In addition, even the damage caused by serious errors such as the leakage of personal information of users due to hacking, which has emerged as a social problem, cannot be properly responded to because the user's computer utilization level is remarkably low, and e-mail and peer-to-peer Hacking programs through personal file sharing, such as to Peer, are installed on the user's computer, and the damage is spreading more rapidly.

Therefore, if the user's computer properly blocks and utilizes hacking programs, it is possible to prevent fatal errors such as the leakage of personal information.However, it is not easy for users to respond to hacking programs that change every time in real time. By restoring the user's computer to the initial operating system and applications, it can be freed from anxiety about harmful programs such as hacking, spyware and viruses.

Currently, when a user's computer has a software failure such as an operating system and an application program, when the operating system is reinstalled on the user's computer, it is installed through the following process.

First, you will format the hard disk (HDD) of the user's computer, install the operating system, update for the operating system, install the driver for the system of the computer, and finish with the peripherals and the user's Internet settings. .

If you reinstall the operating system, it takes a lot of time to install the operating system and update the operating system.In particular, the update of the operating system is an important update due to a defect of the operating system. It will be required.

In the case of Windows, the operating system update can be checked and installed by accessing Microsoft's update page in Windows. The actual time required for updating the operating system is approximately 2 hours depending on the update contents and hardware specifications. It will take a degree.

Therefore, even when installing an operating system and updating the operating system, the overall time is a little different depending on the user's hardware specifications, but it takes a lot of time from a minimum of three hours to a maximum of five hours.

Therefore, most computer A / S companies are repairing their computers by finding out where the error occurred in order to shorten the A / S time rather than reinstalling the operating system. The error correction repair method for shortening the after-sales time is stable when the user's computer does not understand the problem of the user's computer again. It is not suitable for S.

Ultimately, the reinstallation of the operating system and applications may be the most desirable after-sales method, but as described above, the installation time is excessively high, resulting in an increase in the after-sales cost and replenishment of the after-sales professional. A / S companies are stingy to reinstall the operating system on the user's computer.In the case of reinstallation, the current computer repair is performed by transferring the computer to a repair company to reinstall the operating system and providing it to the user, rather than installing it on-site. It is happening.

Moreover, even if the user's computer is repaired in this way, the user's carelessness may cause problems with the user's computer again within a few hours, and the friction between the A / S personnel and the user is often caused.

In contrast, current maker computer companies provide a variety of recovery CDs and manuals to make it easy to recover the operating system and applications provided by the company when the product is shipped to compensate for software defects that cause frequent failures. Currently, the factory is unable to cope with the computing environment of the user, that is, it is restored to the basic state. Therefore, even if the user directly restores the operating system, the Internet settings and peripherals suitable for the user's environment are supported by the computer expert. It is not easy to solve without receiving.

Therefore, it takes a lot of time and effort to repair a computer of a broken user using such a conventional technology, and it is difficult for the A / S company side to properly cope with the frequent A / S that occurs frequently.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the purpose of which is to install the operating system and applications of the user's computer using a backup image file and to provide an optimized backup image file for easy system restoration of the post-user By reducing the time required for excessive A / S due to the installation of operating systems and applications that frequently occur when repairing A / S companies' computers, the user can directly solve the problem even when an error occurs after the user's use of the computer. It provides an optimized recovery method for computers using backup image files that prevent redundant A / S and provide a comfortable and stable computing environment.

 In addition, all operating systems can be created in the shortest time by creating and applying a backup image file for each chipset of the motherboard in order to solve an installation error caused by a system compatibility problem frequently occurred when installing an operating system using a backup image file and to ensure that the installed operating system operates normally. It is to provide an optimized recovery method of the computer by using the backup image file that can finish the installation work stably.

In order to achieve the above object, an optimized recovery method for a computer using a backup image file of the present invention includes: (a) preparing a sample computer for each motherboard chipset manufacturer;

(b) installing a predetermined operating system on a sample computer prepared for each motherboard chipset manufacturer; (c) compressing the operating system into a backup image file in the sample computer, and preparing each sample restored image file in sample computers by motherboard chipset manufacturer; (d) checking the type of the motherboard chipset when the operating system of the computer requested for repair is reinstalled, and preparing a sample restoration image file of the operating system extracted from the sample computer of the motherboard chipset corresponding to the motherboard chipset; And (e) copying and decompressing the sample restoration image file to the repair target computer and installing an operating system of the sample computer to which the motherboard chipset is matched on the repair target computer. Characterized in that it comprises a.

Preferably, in step (b), a basic environment including an update for a corresponding operating system, basic applications, and device drivers is further installed on the sample computers prepared for each motherboard chipset manufacturer, and in step (c), The installed basic environment is compressed with the backup image file along with the operating system.

More preferably, (f) after installing the backup image file for the repaired computer, finishing the installation of the user-specific hardware driver, the peripheral device, and the Internet environment, and setting the use environment, and then the corresponding repaired computer in the optimized use environment. Generating a backup image file for the user and providing the optimized restoration image file to the user; It characterized in that it further comprises.

More preferably, step (c) comprises the steps of: (c-1) preparing separate HDDs for the sample computers of each motherboard chipset manufacturer; (c-2) booting the sample computers into MS-DOS and executing a predetermined operating system restore program; (c-3) The operating system restore program selects a source HDD to create an image file in each of the sample computers, compresses the operating system and the set application environment stored in the source HDD into a backup image file, respectively, on the independent separate HDD. Storing; And (c-4) storing the sample restoration image files stored in the separate HDD for each of the sample computers in a movable storage medium to move the operating system and the set application environment to the sample computers of each motherboard chipset manufacturer. Bringing it to a state; Characterized in that it comprises a.

More preferably, in step (e), (e-1) booting the repair target computer in an MS-DOS environment, and storing the restored sample image file corresponding to the motherboard chipset of the repair target computer. Copying the backup image file to the repair target computer by using the media; (e-2) running the operating system restore program and extracting the copied backup image file from a prepared HDD or partition of a repair target computer; And (e-3) rebooting the repair target computer to confirm operation of the reinstalled operating system through the backup image file. Characterized in that it comprises a.

More preferably, prior to step (c), the operating system diet is carried out by selectively deleting files for each sample computer for which a predetermined operating system and basic environment installation work is completed for each motherboard chipset manufacturer, and the corresponding sample is executed. By pre-installing the computer in advance, it is further characterized in that the optimization process for pre-creating user-specific information including product number, computer name, user name and network name for each user.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram for implementing an optimized recovery method for a computer using a backup image file to which the present invention is applied.

Referring to Figure 1 in more detail the optimized recovery method of a computer using a backup image file according to an embodiment of the present invention, computer repair specialists A / S company, etc. various configurations and programs of different systems In repairing software defects on the user's computer, the operating system and related drivers are installed in the shortest time to shorten the computer A / S time, and the user can easily and simply operate the system even when the computer cannot be used in the future. And related application programs. To this end, the A / S company makes a restoration CD for installing a new operating system on the computer that is requested to be repaired.

In this case, in the conventional case, computer A / S companies often find a repaired part of a computer that is not operated smoothly due to various system errors and viruses, and repair the computer. If the A / S agent did not properly grasp the problem of the user's computer, he had to repeat the repair again due to the repeated error. In fact, when you request repair of the computer, you can restore the user's computer to the initial operating system and application program, but it can be repaired more surely. However, most A / S companies avoid this because it requires a lot of time to reinstall the operating system. There is a situation.

Of course, it is possible to restore the repair request computer with the operating system restoration program currently used (for example, Norton's GHOST), but in fact, each repair request computer has its own hardware specification and the computer-specific ID (Sid) is different. It was not possible to use an image file that was previously created by a universal restore program on a computer to be repaired.

Therefore, the computer optimized recovery method of the present invention is a sample computer 100 for installing an operating system for each motherboard chipboard (MainBoard Chipset) in order to enable the quick installation of the operating system irrespective of the hardware specifications of the computer even if any computer is requested to repair. After selecting the 100), the operating system is installed, an essential operating system update is performed, and the most popular basic applications and drivers are installed to generate a backup image file for each motherboard chipset manufacturer.

In addition, by reinstalling the operating system of the computer 200 to be repaired using the backup image file for each motherboard chipset, the problem of excessive installation time that the reinstallation process of the existing sequential operating system took at least 3 to 5 hours is approximately 2 hours. It will be able to finish stably in the bay.

In addition, after reinstalling the operating system for the computer 200 to be repaired, the Internet environment and other peripherals are installed to create an optimized environment for the computer 200 to be repaired, and the current state of the computer is created as a backup image file again. By doing so, you can easily repair the computer by yourself without having to request A / S after the A / S.

An optimized recovery method for a computer using the backup image file of the present invention as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, in order to make a sample restoration CD in which image files of the motherboard chipset manufacturer are copied so that the operating system can be quickly reinstalled even if the computer is received as A / S, the sample computer (100) ) To prepare (S10).

In this case, an image file means an operating system recorded in a hard disk drive (HDD) in the form of a single compressed file. When the image file is extracted from the HDD of another computer, the process of storing the image file in the form of a unit file is described. In the meantime, the operating system is copied to another computer. Therefore, this process of copying the image file is a process to solve the problem when the existing operating system has a problem, and it has the same effect as the operating system is reinstalled by extracting the backup image file without newly installing the operating system. do.

However, if you extract an image file that compresses the operating system to any computer, the operating system does not run on that computer. Because the operating system is different from all the files (DLL, EXE, etc.) depending on the mainboard, it works normally on the same kind of mainboard, but the operating system does not work normally on the other mainboard. In particular, operating systems such as Windows 2000, XP, and 2003, which are used most recently, do not run even more differently on different motherboards.

Therefore, most computer A / S companies need to have image file of operating system for each motherboard product, but this is not possible in actual A / S work.

However, if the operating system image file does not match, the problem occurs because there are separate files for each chipset due to the different chipset used for the motherboard. Even if the status of the motherboard is different for each company or product, it can be seen that when the image file is extracted, it operates normally.

In other words, if each motherboard chipset manufacturer has an operating system image file, if any motherboard is decompressed using the operating system image file made by the computer with the corresponding chipset, the operating system will run on the computer.

Currently, there are only motherboard chipsets in use worldwide, Intel, Via, Ali and Sis, so operating system image files for Intel chipsets, operating system image files for Via chipsets, operating system image files for Ali chipsets and Sis chipsets Having only four types of operating system image files ensures stable application of the operating system to thousands of motherboards that vary by company or product.

On the other hand, it installs an appropriate operating system for the sample computers 100 prepared by motherboard chipset manufacturers, updates the operating system, and provides basic application programs and the most used device drivers (Video Card, Sound Card, Lan Card, etc.) (S20).

Here, the operating system is updated through Microsoft's update homepage and CD provided by Microsoft. In the case of Windows, the basic application means a program commonly used by Windows users. Device drivers are also used by computer users. This means drivers for the devices they use most.

And in order to reduce the total capacity of the operating system for each computer that has completed the predetermined operating system and basic installation work for each motherboard chipset manufacturer, an operating system that deletes unnecessary programs, leaving only the programs commonly used by users and the basic programs of Windows. In addition to performing a diet, the pre-installation process on the sample computer 100 in advance to optimize the user-specific information such as product number (Serial No), computer name, user name, network name, etc. to suit each user Operating system optimization for each sample computer 100 to be carried out (S30).

In other words, the optimization of the operating system means preparing the sample computer 100 in a general-purpose state applicable to any user.

When installing one operating system product number during the optimization of the operating system, the problem of illegal copying may be caused. Therefore, when the operating system is installed on the user's computer, the operating system product number may be input in advance. do. In addition, it includes the process of pre-installing so that users can input the product number, computer name, user name, network name, etc. to be input to the user side in the same way as the Windows installation process. do.

In order to optimize the operating system, the Sysprep tool provided with Windows 2000 and XP is used to edit the configuration.

Next, with respect to the sample computer 100 of the motherboard chipset manufacturer which has completed the above-described operating system installation and optimization, the CD and the portable operating system of the corresponding sample computer 100 are compressed into backup image files, respectively. By copying to the sample computer 100 to prepare a sample restoration image file (S40).

The sample restoration image file generation step for each sample computer 100 of S40 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3 as follows.

First, for a sample computer 100 for each motherboard chipset manufacturer, a separate HDD is prepared instead of the HDD on which the operating system is executed (S41).

In this case, the independent separate HDD means a physically independent HDD, but logically independent HDDs are also possible. For example, a physically independent D: drive other than the C: drive, a logically independent D: partition, or any recordable drive can be used.

In this case, the separate HDD should be a FAT32 partition that can be recognized by MS-DOS, and an NTFS partition that cannot be recognized by MS-DOS cannot be used.

Next, the sample computers 100 are booted into MS-DOS using the CD-ROM drive or the like (S42).

At this time, of course, the driver is driven using MSCDEX.exe so that the CD-ROM drive attached to the sample computer 100 can be used.

In fact, if you boot into MS-DOS, the existing NTFS partitions will not be recognized and you will not be able to allocate drives.

Next, the operating system restore program is inserted into the CD-ROM drive (for example, Norton's GHOST) to execute the operating system restore program (S43).

For convenience of explanation, the operating system restoration program used in the present invention will be described below using Norton's GHOST as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Next, select the original HDD to create an image file with the operating system restore program, compress the operating system and the optimal setting environment stored in the original HDD into a backup image file, respectively, and store them in a separate HDD (S44).

In addition, by copying the backup image file stored in the independent separate HDD to the movable CD, the operating system and the optimally set application environment for the sample computer 100 of each motherboard chipset manufacturer are made movable (S45). ).

Here, the removable storage medium is not limited to the CD, and any removable storage medium such as a DVD or a memory drive may be used.

On the other hand, if a computer repair request is received while having an image file of an operating system and an optimally set application environment made for each motherboard chipset manufacturer as described above, whether the reinstallation of the operating system is necessary by identifying the state of the repair target computer 200. (S50), and if it is determined that the operating system needs to be reinstalled on the received repair target computer 200, the A / S agent checks the motherboard chipset of the corresponding repair target computer 200 to determine the corresponding motherboard. Check the type of chipset to prepare a CD that stores the image file of the operating system corresponding to the motherboard chipset and the optimally set application environment (S60).

In this case, the repairman only needs to have CDs containing image files of the operating system and the optimally set application environment corresponding to each motherboard chipset, so that they can be easily carried in the field repair.

Then, insert a CD in which the image file produced corresponding to the motherboard chipset of the repair target computer 200 is stored in the repair target computer 200, copy the sample restore image file, and restore the image file with the operating system restore program. By decompressing, the operating system and the optimally set application environment of the sample computer 100 are installed in the repair target computer 200 (S70).

The operation of installing the operating system on the repair target computer 200 of S70 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4 as follows.

First, the repair target computer 200 is booted in the MS-DOS environment (S71), and the CD containing the image file produced corresponding to the motherboard chipset of the repair target computer 200 is stored in the repair target computer 200. Insert and copy the backup image file (S72).

Next, the operating system restore program is driven (S73), and the corresponding backup image file is selected to decompress the backup image file from the prepared HDD or partition of the repair target computer 200 (S74).

In addition, the repair target computer 200 is rebooted to check whether the reinstalled operating system operates correctly through the above-described backup image file (S75).

As such, the time required for copying the backup image file taken from the sample computer 100 of the corresponding motherboard chipset to the repair target computer 200 and installing an operating system may vary depending on the hardware specifications of the corresponding computer. However, since it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to complete, the computer repair time is drastically reduced since it is significantly reduced from the minimum 3 hours to the maximum 5 hours required for the conventional operating system installation and operating system upgrade.

In addition, since the backup image file is not only an operating system and an operating system upgrade, but also basic applications and most commonly used device drivers (Video Card, Sound Card, Lan Card, etc.) are installed, the corresponding target computer 200 may be installed. The actual run time can be pulled. In this case, a driver device that is not automatically installed may be manually installed after accessing the driver sales company through the driver CD or the Internet prepared in advance and downloading the driver device.

On the other hand, if the operating system runs normally, check the Internet environment of the repair target computer 200, install the corresponding program if necessary, and install other peripherals (printer, multifunction device, scanner, digital camera, MP3, etc.) The use environment setting of the target computer 200 is completed (S80).

Finally, after all the optimized environment settings such as operating system installation, operating system upgrade, basic application installation, device driver installation, and peripheral installation for the target computer 200 are finally completed, Re-create the backup image file for the target computer 200 and store the optimized restore image file in the HDD and other storage media (CD, DVD, memory drive, etc.) of the repair target computer 200 It is provided to the user (S90).

Therefore, when the user decides that the computer is abnormal while using the computer or suspects serious personal information leakage such as hacking, the operating system up to step S80 through the HDD or other storage medium in which the optimized restoration image file is stored. In addition, it is possible to recover the application system upgrades, applications, various device drivers, Internet settings, and peripherals to the state where they are installed. You will be able to use your computer right away.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited to the drawing.

As described above, the optimized recovery method of the computer using the backup image file shown in the present invention, after creating a backup image file of the operating system for each motherboard chipset in the sample computers for each chipset of the motherboard and save it in a movable state A / By applying S, it is possible to solve the installation error caused by the system compatibility problem frequently occurred during the installation of the operating system using the backup image file, and to finish the installation work of all operating systems stably in the shortest time.

In addition, when the computer A / S company reinstalls the operating system for the repaired computer, the installation time can be shortened to the shortest time, and the optimized restoration image file is prepared again after setting the operating system and environment for the repaired computer. In case of abnormal operation, the user can directly restore the system to prevent the deterioration of the A / S company due to frequent duplicate A / S.

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(a) preparing a sample computer for each motherboard chipset manufacturer; (b) installing a predetermined operating system on a sample computer prepared for each motherboard chipset manufacturer; (c) compressing the operating system into a backup image file in the sample computer, and preparing each sample restored image file in sample computers by motherboard chipset manufacturer; (d) checking the type of the motherboard chipset when the operating system of the computer requested for repair is reinstalled, and preparing a sample restoration image file of the operating system extracted from the sample computer of the motherboard chipset corresponding to the motherboard chipset; And (e) copying and decompressing the sample restoration image file to the repair target computer and installing an operating system of the sample computer to which the motherboard chipset is matched on the repair target computer; Optimized recovery method of the computer using a backup image file comprising a. The method of claim 1, Further installing the basic environment including the update for the corresponding operating system, the basic application program and the device driver on the sample computers prepared by the motherboard chipset manufacturer in the step (b), and the installed basic environment in the step (c) Optimized recovery method for a computer using a backup image file, characterized in that to be compressed into a backup image file with this operating system. The method according to claim 1 or 2, (f) After installing the backup image file for the computer to be repaired, set up the environment by completing the user-specific hardware driver installation, peripheral device installation, and Internet environment setting, and then backup image file for the computer to be repaired in the optimized environment. Generating and providing the optimized restore image file to a user; Optimized recovery method of the computer using a backup image file, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 3, In step (c), (c-1) preparing separate HDDs for the sample computers of the motherboard chipset manufacturers; (c-2) booting the sample computers into MS-DOS and executing a predetermined operating system restore program; (c-3) The operating system restore program selects a source HDD to create an image file in each of the sample computers, compresses the operating system and the set application environment stored in the source HDD into a backup image file, respectively, on the independent separate HDD. Storing; And (c-4) A state in which the operating system and the set application environment can be moved with respect to the sample computers of each motherboard chipset manufacturer by storing the sample restored image files stored in the separate HDD for each sample computer in a removable storage medium. Making into; Optimized recovery method of the computer using a backup image file comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein In step (e), (e-1) Boot the computer to be repaired in MS-DOS environment and save the backup image file to the computer to be repaired using the storage medium containing the sample image file created corresponding to the motherboard chipset of the computer to be repaired. Making a copy; (e-2) running the operating system restore program and extracting the copied backup image file from a prepared HDD or partition of a repair target computer; And (e-3) rebooting the repair target computer to confirm operation of the reinstalled operating system through the backup image file; Optimized recovery method of the computer using a backup image file comprising a. The method of claim 5, Before step (c), The motherboard chipset manufacturer performs the operating system diet by selectively deleting the files for each sample computer that has completed the predetermined operating system and basic environment installation work, and pre-installs the sample computer in advance so that the product number is appropriate for each user. And performing an optimization process of pre-creating user-specific information including a computer name, a user name, and a network name in advance.

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