Patent ID: 7882400

Claim:
A storage media supporting device including a housing section which houses a plurality of storage media, the storage media supporting device removably attaching the plurality of storage media to an information processing apparatus, comprising: urging means for causing elastic members to separately displace respective ones of the plurality of storage media in an ejecting direction from the housing section; switching means for switching between an inhibited state in which said urging means is inhibited from displacing the storage media, and a permitted state in which said urging means is permitted to displace the storage media; and an opening/closing cover provided at an entrance of the housing section, and wherein said opening/closing cover, when closed, switches the plurality of storage media into the inhibited state, and inhibits the defective storage medium switched from the inhibited state into the permitted state from being displaced in the ejecting direction, and when opened, cancels the inhibition of displacement of the defective storage medium in the ejecting direction, to permit the defective storage medium to project from the housing section; wherein when detecting means provided in the information processing apparatus, for detecting a defective storage medium, detects a defective storage medium, operating means provided in the information processing apparatus causes said switching means to switch the defective storage medium into the permitted state, and when the storage media supporting device is removed from the information processing apparatus, the defective storage medium projects from the housing section.