inputting at least one compressed image in a computing system;

beginning a process of inplace patching, wherein another image is decompressed over the inputted at least one compressed image by a processor, wherein local variables are stored periodically, wherein restored power is received after an interruption to the inplace patching, and wherein an execution of the inplace patching is resumed at a later time interval by the processor by restoring the local variables;

producing output data in one or more blocks;

wherein a loop state of the inplace patching process is saved after generation of each output block and between the generation of the each output block; and

completing the inplace patching process of decompressing the compressed image over the inputted at least one compressed image by the processor after restoring the local variables.