Patent ID: 7962533

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read data from a recording medium loaded in the apparatus; a storage unit configured to store a variety of types of data; a control unit configured to control setting of a directory structure when a first data group recorded on a first recording medium loaded and a second data group recorded on the storage unit are recorded on a second recording medium different from the first recording medium, the control unit including: a first detecting unit configured to detect a directory structure of the first data group recorded on the first recording medium; a second detecting unit configured to detect a directory structure of the second data group recorded on the storage unit; and a setting unit configured to set a directory structure in accordance with which the first data group read by the reading unit from the first recording medium and the second data group stored on the storage unit are recorded on the second recording medium, the setting unit configured to set the directory structure on the second recording medium by setting a first directory with the directory structure of the first data group detected by the first detecting unit maintained, and to set a second directory in parallel with the first directory so that the directory structure of the second data group detected by the second detecting unit is contained in the second directory, the setting unit configured to record the first data group in the first directory and the second data group in the second directory on the second recording medium, the first recording medium and the second recording medium being separate removable optical recording media.