1. A computer system comprising: a hard disk drive that stores a first set of data that includes boot up data; a non-volatile semiconductor memory that is distinct from semiconductor memory of the hard disk drive and semiconductor memory of a host of the computer system; and a turbo boot driver module that stores the boot up data in the non-volatile semiconductor memory and that transfers the boot up data from the non-volatile semiconductor memory to a file system of the host during a boot up mode of the host.