Hard Drives With an Undo Option
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 7/19/2016 1:00:00 AM
When mistakes happen, wouldn't it be great to undo them?
As a tech guy, I get a lot of calls from people who managed to make a complete mess of their computers. Sometimes, it's because they accidentally moved or deleted an important folder, or in many cases, it's because they managed to download a virus that has the potential to render their computer useless.
In some cases, all I need to do is remove the virus, but in the case of Ransomware viruses, the only way to fix the problem is to completely erase it and restore from a backup that was made prior to the mess.
A while back, I posted an idea for Microsoft and Apple to put a rollback option into Windows and MacOS (OS X), but today's idea is to take it one step further, and build the rollback into the hard drive itself. This means that the hard drive would have a reserved space that can be used to record any changes, so they could be rolled back if and when you need to.
A hardware based rollback has the advantage of working with any operating system. The operating system itself wouldn't be bogged down with the details of the rollback itself, it would only need a handful of feature to initiate the rollback itself.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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