Patent ID: 8301862
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A formatting device which formats a memory module including a first recording area and a second recording area having different characteristics, the first recording area including recording areas, said formatting device comprising: a holding unit configured to hold a ratio of clusters of the recording areas of the first recording area to be allocated to each directory of directories that are to be created when the memory module is formatted; and an allocation unit configured to format the memory module by allocating, to each directory, a recording area, of the recording areas of the first recording area, having a size determined for the directory according to the ratio held by said holding unit, wherein, when each directory includes a first directory and a second directory that are different from each other, the ratio indicates a ratio between a size of a recording area, of the recording areas, which is to be allocated only to the first directory and a size of a recording area, of the recording areas, which is to be allocated only to the second directory.