Patent ID: 8773708

Claim:
An image forming apparatus capable of connecting a removable storage device that stores operation data controlling an operation of the image forming apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a non-volatile storage unit configured to store operation data for controlling an operation of the image forming apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine, in a case that a shutdown instruction of the image forming apparatus is received from a user, whether or not it is necessary to execute an operation using the operation data stored in the removable storage device; a restarting unit configured to save the operation data stored in the removable storage device into the non-volatile storage unit and to shut down the image forming apparatus after the operation data stored in the removable storage device has been stored in the non-volatile storage unit, in a case that it is determined by the determination unit that it is necessary to execute the operation using the operation data stored in the removable storage device, and then restart the image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to control so that, after a restart is performed by the restarting unit, if the determination unit has determined that the operation using the operation data stored in the removable storage device is necessary to execute, the operation using the operation data stored in the non-volatile storage unit is executed.