Patent ID: 9104446
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a first storage device as a non-volatile storage device being capable of storing a plurality of items of software data to be used when execution of start-up processing of the apparatus is started, the plurality of items of software data being capable of being read from and written in the first storage device; a second storage device as a non-volatile storage device offering a second data transfer rate not higher than a first data transfer rate offered by the first storage device, the second storage device storing at least one of the plurality of items of software data; an operation input device; and a main controller controlling operation of the first storage device and the second storage device, the main controller including a software data selector which selects any of the plurality of items of software data and a software data change determiner which determines whether or not there is a change in the plurality of items of software data; wherein, according to instructions sent from the operation input device, the software data selector selects execution-targeted software data which is used for starting the execution of the start-up processing, out of the plurality of items of software data stored in the first storage device, the main controller starts the execution of the start-up processing by using the execution-targeted software data, the software data selector searches for another software data other than the execution-targeted software data which has been used for the starting of the execution of the start-up processing, from the plurality of items of software data stored in the first storage device, the software data change determiner determines whether or not the another software data which has been searched out as a result of the searching is changed from an initial-state of the another software data, and if the another software data is changed from the initial-state software data, the software data selector selects initial-state software data as the initial state of the another software data from said at least one software data stored in the second storage device, reads the initial-state software data from the second storage device, and replaces the another software data stored in the first storage device with the read initial-state software data by overwriting.