Patent ID: 7570377
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage device which stores various data items, a determining section which determines whether the state of the storage device is set at one of first, second, and third levels, the third level corresponding to a state which is set up immediately before the storage device becomes faulty; a first processing section which informs that attention should be paid to the state of the storage device when the determining section determines that the state of the storage device is set at the first level; a second processing section which notifies exchange of the storage device when the determining section determines that the state of the storage device is set at the second level; and a third processing section which backs up data of the storage device into an external device when the determining section determines that the state of the storage device is set at the third level, wherein the third processing section restricts the function of the image processing apparatus to a function which is free from a problem even if the storage device becomes faulty when the determining section determines that the state of the storage device is set at the third level.