Embedded removable boot drive
A system including an embedded removable-boot-drive plug-in device and an embedded removable-boot-drive host device is disclosed. Additionally, a method of using the embedded-removable-boot-drive system is disclosed. The system and method provide security to, and accessibility of, stored data and/or boot-drive devices.
1. A removable boot drive (RBD) system comprising:
an embedded-RBD host device;
a mount opening, located on the embedded-RBD host device, comprising:
an electrical connection;
a clip or lock;
an embedded-RBD plug-in device, which can be attached to the mount opening, the embedded-RBD plug-in device comprising:
an RBD housing, the RBD housing comprising a planar top surface and a planar bottom surface;
a tab handle coupled to the planar top surface of the RBD housing;
a tab finger well, wherein a bottom portion of the tab finger well comprises a portion of the planar top surface of the RBD housing, and wherein the tab finger well comprises a wall surrounding the tab handle which facilitates using a finger to lift the tab handle from a horizontal configuration to a vertical configuration;
a boot drive;
memory-storage.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mount opening is located on a side of the embedded-RBD host device.
3. The system of claim 1 , comprising a two-factor-authentication device.
4. The system of claim 1 , comprising a biometric-data sensor configured to provide an authorization input.
5. The system of claim 1 , comprising a smartwatch for use as a two-factor authentication device.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mount opening further comprises a lid.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the tab handle is configured for extracting the embedded-RBD plug-in device from the mount opening, and the embedded-RBD plug-in device can be removed without removing a battery.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the embedded-RBD plug-in device further comprises a solid state drive (SSD) embedded within a caddy.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein, when the embedded-RBD plug-in device is attached to the mount opening and a user is successful with providing certain authentication inputs, the data on the embedded-RBD plug-in device can be accessed through the embedded-RBD host device.