Patent ID: 7809684
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic device having a recording medium including a whole region having a usable region and a backup region for storing data, the electronic device comprising: a formatting unit for performing a backup of data recorded in the usable region of the recording medium in the backup region of the recording medium, and formatting the recording medium by initializing the usable region in which the data is recorded; and an unformatting unit for unformatting the recording medium by restoring the backup data in the backup region to the useable; wherein the formatting unit designates a size of the backup region using at least one of a root region, a reserved region, and a file allocation table region and performs a backup of data which is included in the usable region in the designated backup region; and wherein the data is used for file management and is included in at least one of the root region, the reserved region, and the file allocation table region.