Claims
- 1. A method for migrating data to a computer associated with a user comprising:
storing an image at a remote site, the image comprising user data stored on a first computing system; encrypting the image stored at the remote site; providing a second computing system associated with the user; and downloading the image to the second computing system such that the second computing system stores the image.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the downloading step comprises storing the image on a medium, the medium accessible by the second computing system.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the medium is integrated into the second computing system.
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the medium comprises a hard disk drive.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the downloading step comprises installing a partition on the second computing system, the partition operable to:
boot the second computing system; establish a connection to the remote site; and download the image.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the downloading step comprises:
establishing a connection between a user site storage and the remote site; downloading the image to the user site computing system; establishing a connection between the second computing system and the user site computing system; and downloading the image to the second computing system.
- 7. A method for migrating data to a computer system associated with a user, comprising:
storing an image at a remote site, the image comprising data stored on a first computing system and associated with a user; encrypting the image stored at the remote site; providing a second computing system to the user; and storing the image on a medium, the medium accessible by the second computing system.
- 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the medium is integrated into the second computing system.
- 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the medium comprises a hard disk drive.
- 10. The method of claim 8, further comprising encrypting the image.
- 11. A method for migrating data to a computer system, comprising:
storing an image at a remote site, the image comprising data associated with a user and stored on a first computing system; providing a second computing system to the user; and installing a partition on the second computing system, the partition operable:
to have the second computing system establish a connection to the remote site; and to have the second computing system download and store the image.
- 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising encrypting the image.
- 13. A method for migrating data to a build-to-order computer, comprising:
storing an image at a remote site, the image comprising data stored on a first computing system; encrypting the image stored at the remote site; providing a second computing system to a user; establishing a connection between a local site storage and the remote site; downloading the image to the local site storage; establishing a connection between the second computing system and the local site storage; and downloading the image to the second computing system.
- 14. An automated system for migrating data to a computer system comprising:
a remote site for storing an image, the image comprising data stored on a first computing system; an order engine comprising executable instructions running on a computing platform, the order engine for receiving an order to provide a second computing system to a user; and a storage engine comprising executable instructions running on a computing platform, the storage engine for providing access to the image by the second computing system such that the second computing system can store the image.
- 15. The system of claim 14, further comprising a medium accessible by the second computing system, wherein the storage engine is operable to cause the image to be stored on the medium.
- 16. The system of claim 15, wherein the medium is integrated into the second computing system.
- 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the medium comprises a hard disk drive.
- 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the image is encrypted.
- 19. The system of claim 14, further comprising a partition installed on the second computing system, the partition operable to:
boot the second computing system; have the second computing system establish a connection to the remote site; and have the second computing system download the image.
- 20. The system of claim 14, further comprising a customer site storage operable to interface with the remote site, the customer site storage further operable to:
download the image; establish a connection to the second computing system; and download the image to the second computing system.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/378,020 entitled “Method and System for Migrating Stored Data to a Build-To-Order Computing System” filed on Aug. 19, 1999 by Edward A. Hubbard et al., now U.S. Pat. No. ______.
Continuations (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09378020 |
Aug 1999 |
US |
Child |
10745175 |
Dec 2003 |
US |