Patent ID: 7715028
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for starting an image forming apparatus capable of reading a region outside a file system included in a card type memory, in which a recovery program for recovering a processing program, configured to execute image formation, of the image forming apparatus and a first boot loader program for starting the image forming apparatus and the recovery program are stored outside the file system included in the card type memory, said method comprising: checking, by the image forming apparatus, whether recovery of the processing program is needed using the first boot loader program; loading, by the image forming apparatus, the processing program in the memory section of the image forming apparatus, when it is determined that the recovery is not needed by the checking step; starting a second boot loader program included in the loaded processing program; starting an operating system included in the loaded processing program; starting an image formation program included in the loaded processing program; starting a rescue operating system included in the recovery program; and starting a rescue program included in the recovery program when it is determined that the recovery is needed by the checking step.