Patent ID: 8447928

Claim:
An electronic apparatus comprising: a connecting structure for connecting thereto a dynamically removable memory device; a storing unit configured to store therein information that includes at least a first list that is a list of memory devices usable with the electronic apparatus, a second list that is a list of memory devices for which it is not certain whether those memory devices are usable with the electronic apparatus, and a third list that is a list of memory device unusable with the electronic apparatus; a determining unit that determines, by using the information stored in the storing unit, whether a memory device connected to the connecting structure is usable or unusable with the electronic apparatus or determines whether it is not certain whether the memory device is usable with the electronic apparatus; a testing unit that conducts a test to see whether the memory device is usable with the electronic apparatus if the determining unit determines that it is not certain whether the memory device is usable with the electronic apparatus; a display unit that displays an indication to a user; and a presenting unit that causes the display unit to display, if the determining unit determines that the memory device is unusable with the electronic apparatus, an indication that the memory device is unusable with the electronic apparatus, and, if the determining unit determines that it is not certain whether the connected memory device is usable with the electronic apparatus, an indication to cause the user to select that the test be conducted.