Patent ID: 7581071

Claim:
A method of processing information in an apparatus for processing information by recording data in a medium of a first type and a medium of a second type, comprising the steps of: controlling a first startup process for the medium of the first type and a second startup process for the medium of the second type to be performed when the apparatus for processing information is turned on, said second startup process being more time-consuming than said first startup process; starting to record predetermined recording data in the medium of the first type when said first startup process controlled by said controlling step is finished; and starting to read the predetermined recording data which are recorded in the medium of the first type, from the medium of the first type, and recording the read predetermined recording data in the medium of the second type when said second startup process controlled by said controlling step is finished, wherein the read predetermined recording data is recorded in the medium of the second type in a higher rate than that of the medium of the first type until the recorded data in the medium of the second type catches up on that of the medium of the first type, and wherein when the recorded data in the medium of the second type catches up on that of the medium of the first type, the second recording control means records the read predetermined recording data in the medium of the second type in a normal rate that is substantially the same as that of the medium of the first type.