Patent ID: 7159140

Claim:
A method to transfer information between data storage devices, comprising the steps of: providing an information storage assembly comprising a frame, a memory device disposed on said frame, information written to said memory device, a power supply removeably attached to said frame, and a first data storage device comprising a first identity removeably attached to said frame; writing first configuration information from said first data storage device to said memory device; detecting an error in said first data storage device; removing said first data storage device from said frame; providing a replacement data storage device; removeably attaching said replacement data storage device to said frame; determining if said replacement data storage device utilizes said first configuration information; operative if said replacement data storage device uses said first configuration information, providing said first configuration information to said replacement data storage device from said memory device; writing second configuration information to said memory device; determining if said replacement data storage device uses said second configuration information; operative if said replacement data storage device uses said second configuration information, providing said second configuration information to said replacement data storage device; writing third configuration information to said memory device; determining if said replacement data storage device uses said third configuration information; operative if said replacement data storage device uses said third configuration information, providing said third configuration information to said replacement data storage device; operative if said replacement data storage devices does not utilize said first configuration information or said second configuration information or said third configuration information, writing configuration information from said replacement data storage device to said memory disposed in the information storage assembly.