Donald E Rowe

US Patent:

20190050299, Feb 14, 2019

Filed:

Aug 14, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/102793

Inventors:

Donald A. Rowe - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G06F 11/14
G06F 21/73
G06F 21/60
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

In a method of backup and recovery of file(s) and/or folder(s) stored on a non-volatile computer readable storage medium, a serial number of a recovery drive connected in operative communication with processor of a computer system, but not mounted to the operating system, is used to mount the recovery drive to the operating system. The processor copies file(s) and/or folder(s) stored on an internal drive to the recovery drive and then unmounts the recovery drive using the serial number. Following an encrypting ransomware attack, the same or another instance of the serial number of recovery drive is used to mount the recovery drive, whereafter the file(s) and/or folder(s) stored on the recovery drive are copied or restored to the internal drive. Finally, the recovery drive is unmounted using the serial number.