Patent ID: 7620831

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: an information storage device in which a loading/ejection mechanism for a removable medium is operated according to a change in a depressed state of a switch; a control device which records data on the removable medium and/or reads out data from the removable medium by controlling the information storage device; a power supply device capable of performing and stopping power supply to the information storage device and to the control device; a continuous power supply device capable of supplying power when power supply by the power supply device is stopped; and a power supply controller which operates by being supplied with power from the continuous power supply device, and which, when the depressed state of the switch is changed during stoppage of power supply from the power supply device to the information storage device, controls the information storage device so that the removable medium loading/ejection mechanism is operated, by controlling the power supply device so that the power supply device supplies power to the information storage device or to the information storage device and the control device, wherein: the power supply controller performs such control that in the case of ejecting the removable medium by controlling the information storage device so that the loading/ejection mechanism is operated, the power supply controller stops power supply from the power supply device after the completion of the ejection operation, and that, in the case of loading the removable medium by controlling the information storage device so that the loading/ejection mechanism is operated, the power supply controller does not stop power supply from the power supply device even after the completion of the loading operation.