Patent ID: 6199072
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for creating archives on removable mass storage media, comprising:the digitizing an archive from a new archive batch;determining whether all archives in the new archive batch have been digitized and repeating the digitizing until all archives of the new archive batch have been digitized;after all archives of the new archive batch have been digitized, collecting recorded data representing details about the archives of the new archive batch;creating archive directory file of archives of the new archive batch;determining whether a buffer is capable of holding the archives of the new archive batch and their directory files;storing the archives of the new archive batch and their directory file in the buffer when the buffer is capable of holding the archives of the new archive batch and their directory files; andtransferring the archives of the new archive batch and their directory file to removable mass storage medium when the buffer is not capable of holding the archives of the new archive batch and their directory files.