Patent ID: 8922824

Claim:
A system including an image forming apparatus having a storage device for storing information about the image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises a transmission unit configured to transmit an instruction as to setting data of the image forming apparatus, and wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from the information processing apparatus; a restoration unit configured to restore, when the received instruction is a restore instruction of the setting data, a backup file stored in a predetermined backup area, as setting data in a setting data storage area of the storage device, wherein the backup file is created according to a set condition; and an import unit configured to import, when the received instruction is an import instruction, an import file into the setting data storage area as the setting data, wherein, when the importing has abnormally ended, the restoration unit is configured to restore the backup file, as setting data in the setting data storage area.