Patent ID: 7457975
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a recording section for recording and reproducing information in a removable recording medium; a switch; a computer; a power supply section for supplying power to the recording section and the computer; an operating system, or software, for controlling the computer; and a device driver, or software, for controlling the recording section disposed as a part of or separate from the operating system, wherein the power supply section controls a power supply to the recording section and the computer individually, only the power supply to the recording section being controlled ON/OFF corresponding to a state of the switch such that when the switch is OFF only the power supply to the recording section is controlled OFF, and the operating system performs processing based on a presumption that the recording section is not connected and the device driver registers based on a presumption that the recording section is not connected, and wherein even if the switch is ON, corresponding to a state of the switch while the recording section is not set with the removable recording medium, the device driver registers based on a presumption that the recording section is not connected.