Patent ID: 7818160

Claim:
A data backup system comprising: a communication interface; a first storage device including a writable data storage medium comprising first and second logical storage areas and wherein a data backup application is stored in the first logical storage area; and an emulation component in communication between the first storage device and the communication interface and comprising logic configured to: represent the first logical storage area as an auto-launch device type; represent the second logical storage area as a second storage device type including a writable data storage medium; receive auto-launch device type commands from the communication interface, translate the auto-launch device type commands to first storage device type commands, and send the first storage device type commands to the first logical storage area; receive first storage device type responses from the first logical storage area, translate the first storage device type responses into auto-launch device type responses, and send the auto-launch device type responses to the communication interface; receive second storage device type commands from the communication interface and send the second storage device type commands to the second logical storage area; and receive second storage device type responses from the second logical storage area, and send the second storage device type responses to the communication interface.