Patent ID: 7424627
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A storage device having a hard disk for storing data, the hard disk including a disk medium and buffer means for writing data to the disk medium, the storage device comprising: power supply means for supplying power to the storage device; detecting means for detecting an operation to cut off a power supply from the power supply means to the storage device; access suspending means for suspending access to the hard disk when the detecting means detects the operation; medium writing means for performing a writing process for writing data stored in the buffer means to the disk medium when the detecting means detects the operation; power cutoff means for cutting off the power supply when the writing process has already been performed by the medium writing means; and setting means for setting a waiting time required for the writing process, wherein the power cutoff means cuts off the power supply after the waiting time set by the setting means has elapsed after the detection of the operation by the detecting means.