Patent ID: 7455234

Claim:
A recovery device for recovering valid storage data in a memory, with: storage means for storing the storage data in storage areas of the memory; readout means for reading the stored storage data from the storage areas of the memory; and recovery means for detecting an unexpected abort during the storing of storage data and for recovering valid storage data in the memory, characterized in that the recovery means for recovering valid storage data are designed to re-store the read-out storage data in the same storage area in the memory following the reading of storage data from at least one storage area of the memory; characterized in that, before the storage of first storage data in a data storage area, the storage means is designed to store second storage data stored in the data storage area in a backup storage area, and that the storage means is designed to store validity information in a validity storage area of memory, wherein first validity information identifies the data storage area, and second validity information identifies the backup storage area as storage areas comprising valid storage data, and that recovery means is designed, before recovering valid storage data in data storage area, to read the validity information, stored in validity storage area, and subsequently to store the read-out validity information in the validity storage area.