Patent ID: 6779129
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for copying information, the method comprising:mapping at least one data block and at least one directory block from a plurality of memory blocks contained on a first storage medium; copying each data block from the first storage medium to a second storage medium by reading the data block from the first storage medium writing the data block to the second storage medium; determining whether an error occurs while copying each data block, where the error occurs in at least one of the first storage medium and the second storage medium; identifying, if the error is determined to occur, a data file at the data block of the first storage medium when the error occurred, and at least one of a location of a read error in the first storage medium and the location of a write error in the second storage medium; copying each directory block from the first storage medium to the second storage medium after copying each data block from the first storage medium to the second storage medium; and reporting, for each data block where the read error occurs, the location of that data block in the first storage medium.