TWI395206B - Storage media and its classification and storage software - Google Patents

Description

Method for storing media and its classification and storage software

The present invention relates to a method of installing an operating system, and more particularly to a method of mounting an operating system to a storage medium.

In the fast-paced environment of modern technology, computers play a pivotal role in life, work or entertainment. However, non-volatile memory is often used in computers, such as hard disks or flash memory with high access speed and low power consumption to store operating systems or important data.

In the case of a hard disk, it is roughly divided into a disk, a read write head, a spindle motor, and the like. A disk can be divided into a plurality of concentric tracks, and each track can be subdivided into a plurality of sectors of the same size. Therefore, when reading the data in the hard disk, the head will first move to the track to read the data. The time required for this step is called the Seek Time, and further, a rotation time is required. (Rotation Time) allows the spindle motor to rotate the magnetic zone to be read under the head and then read the data.

Therefore, the Disk Access Time is a combination of the search time, the rotation time, and the Data Transfer Time, wherein the data transfer time is the time required for the read/write head to read and write one magnetic area. However, in today's disk, different disk areas in a disk will have different disk access times. If the management class is not properly managed, it will cause time consumption when opening important software. Turning on the Windows operating system is a good example. Nowadays, when people turn on the computer, they have to go through a long boot time before they can enter the Windows interface. Therefore, if you can find the magnetic disk with a faster disk access time and install the Windows operating system in it, you can effectively speed up the computer boot time.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a storage medium classification method that can classify storage units in a storage medium.

Therefore, the method for classifying the storage medium of the present invention is to first fill all the storage units included in the storage medium with unit data having a capacity of 2K~4K in a reverse writing manner, and then read each storage unit. The data is recorded separately and the time required to read it, that is, the data transmission time. Then, according to the recorded data transmission time, each storage unit is classified into a plurality of regions of different data transmission speeds.

It is worth mentioning that the classification area mentioned in the present invention may be to classify the entire storage medium so that it can be classified only for a part of the storage medium. In addition, the storage medium (or part of the storage medium) can be classified into a fast area and a slow area, and there are two methods for classifying the storage unit according to the data transmission time, one of which is to transmit the data transmission time of all the storage units. Adding, and obtaining an average data transmission time, and comparing the data transmission time of each storage unit with the average data transmission time, if the data transmission time is less than the average data transmission time, the storage unit is classified into a fast area, if greater than the average The data transfer time is then sorted into a slow zone.

The other is to sequentially sort the data transmission time of each storage unit from short to long, and classify the first m storage units into fast areas, and the remaining storage units are classified into slow areas. Further, the number m of storage units classified as a fast area is a positive integer smaller than the number M (M is a positive integer) of the total storage unit, and is greater than or equal to a predetermined capacity divided by a Gauss value of the capacity of a single storage unit. The predetermined capacity referred to herein is the size corresponding to a software.

Furthermore, the method for classifying the storage medium of the present invention can be burned or installed in a computer program product by using a program, so that when the computer loads the program and executes it, the storage medium can perform the method for classification.

Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a method of storing a software to a storage medium which can increase the time during which the software is turned on.

Therefore, the method for storing the software to the storage medium of the present invention is to plan all the storage units in the storage medium as a first area and a second area, and the storage unit of the first area is not written into the data and the second area is The storage unit is full of data, so that when at least a portion of the software is stored in the storage medium, the software is "forced" to be stored in the storage unit of the first area.

It is worth mentioning that the data transmission time of any one of the storage units in the first area is shorter than the data transmission time of each storage unit in the second area, and after the software is stored in the storage unit of the first area, The data in the storage unit of the second area is deleted, and a program is stored in the second area, and the storage medium can extract an image file for a large number of pre-loaded storage media of the same factory.

Furthermore, the method for storing the software to the storage medium of the present invention can also be burned or installed in the computer program product by the program, so that when the computer loads the program and executes it, the storage medium can execute the method for software storage.

Certainly, when the storage medium of the present invention performs software storage, the foregoing classification method and software storage method may be integrated, that is, first, a plurality of storage units in the storage medium are filled with data by means of repeated writing, and then separately read. The data of each storage unit records the data transmission time required to read the data of each storage unit. Then, according to the data transmission time, each storage unit is classified into a fast area and a slow area, and the data in the storage unit classified into the fast area is deleted, so that the software is "forced" to be stored in the Classified in the storage unit of the fast area.

Furthermore, the method for storing the software to the storage medium of the present invention can be burned or installed in the computer program product by the program, so that when the computer loads the program and executes it, the storage medium can perform the method for classifying and storing the software.

Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium which can increase the time during which the software is turned on.

Therefore, the storage medium of the present invention is characterized in that the storage medium is a method for classifying storage media according to the present invention, and a plurality of storage units are classified into a plurality of areas of different data transmission speeds, and in an area where data transmission speed is fast. An operating system is installed such that when the operating system is executed, the time to read the storage unit in the area can be faster than conventionally known, thereby reducing the time required to open the operating system.

The effect of the invention is that the speed of turning on the software can be speeded up, thereby reducing the waiting time for turning on the software.

The above and other technical contents, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments.

1 is a preferred embodiment of a storage medium according to the present invention. The storage medium 1 can be applied to a Hard Disk 2, which is commonly used for storing data or software. The hard disk 2 further includes a read/write head ( Read Write Head) 3 and a Micro Controller 4. Referring to FIG. 2, in the embodiment, the storage medium 1 is a conventionally used disk, in which a plurality of disks are stacked on each other, and each disk is divided into a plurality of disks. Track, each track contains a plurality of storage units 11 for storing data, which is a so-called sector. When reading data from these storage units 11, the microprocessor 4 will First, the read/write head 3 is moved to the storage unit 11 to be read, and then the read/write head 3 reads the data in the storage unit 11.

Of course, the storage medium 1 of the embodiment may also be a flash memory chip (not shown) in a solid state disk (Solid State Disk), and a plurality of flash memory chips are included in the solid state disk. And its control circuit, and the flash memory can be divided into three levels of single-level (SLC), multi-level cell (MLC) and multi-bit cell (Multi-bit Cell (MBC) three architectures The architecture of many flash memory chips in a solid state hard disk may be the same architecture or a Combo architecture, for example, a combination of single-level cells and multi-level cells. The corresponding storage unit 11 is the smallest memory unit (Cell) in the solid state disk, and the memory unit of a single-stage unit type flash memory can store 1 bit (Bit), and a multi-level unit flashing The memory unit of the memory can store 2 to 3 bits (Bit). Therefore, depending on the storage medium 1 used, the capacity of the corresponding storage unit 11 will also be different.

Taking a disk as an example, the storage medium 1 of the present embodiment is different from the conventional disk in that the storage unit 11 in the storage medium 1 is classified into a majority according to the speed of its data transfer time (Data Transfer Time). The main reason for the area of different data transmission speed is that if the software to be installed is installed in the storage unit 11 in the area where the data transmission speed is fast, the file required for executing the software can be quickly read and further reduced. The time it takes to open the software.

Therefore, the following describes in detail how to classify the storage unit 11 in the storage medium 1 of the present embodiment and how to install the software in the storage medium 1. It is particularly emphasized that the storage medium 1 of the embodiment is classified into two areas. : a fast area (Slow Area) and a slow area (Slow Area), and may be used to classify the entire storage medium 1, or may be for a part of the storage medium 1, for example, in two slots C and D in a general computer. The C slot, and the software installed in the storage medium 1 can be any operating system, program or file, or at least a part thereof, and the following is an example of the Windows operating system.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the method for storing a software to a storage medium according to the embodiment is divided into two stages: classification and installation. The storage medium 1 first enters a classification stage, and the storage unit 11 is classified into a fast area and a slow area, and then After entering the installation phase, the software is installed in the storage medium 1.

Since the storage medium 1 of the embodiment is a conventionally-used disk, step 71 must be performed first to format the storage medium 1 so that each track in the storage medium 1 can be divided into a plurality of storages. The unit 11 (magnetic area), at this moment, each storage unit 11 has any data, and in this embodiment, each storage unit 11 has a capacity of 512 bytes (Bytes).

However, in the same storage medium 1, the time required to read and write different storage units 11 may be different. Therefore, in order to calculate the data transmission time of each storage unit 11, the method used in this embodiment is first. The data is filled all the storage units 11, and the data transmission time of each storage unit 11 is read and recorded, and then classified according to the data transmission time. In detail, step 72 is executed, and one unit of data is repeatedly written in the storage medium 1 until each storage unit 11 is filled. At this moment, all the storage units 11 are written into the data; secondly, step 73 is performed to read The unit data in each storage unit 11 can be used to obtain the data transmission time of the storage unit 11 to be read, and then the data transmission time of each of the read storage units 11 is separately recorded.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the number of storage units 11 that the storage medium 1 is divided into may be greater than 63, and in step 73, the reading is started from the 64th storage unit 11 and recorded separately from the 64th. The data transmission time from the storage unit 11 to the last storage unit 11 (hereinafter referred to as the effective storage unit 11). The first 63 storage units 11 can be regarded as a hidden storage unit 11 for storing a restore file or a backup file of the Windows operating system, and the like, and are not used for installing software or storing data. Furthermore, in order to meet the minimum data size in the Windows operating system, the unit data stored in step 72 is 2K~4K bytes, that is, one unit data will fill 4~8 storage units 11 ( A storage unit 11 has a capacity of 512 bytes. Of course, the size of the unit data can be changed according to the designer's needs, or can be less than 512 bytes, so that multiple unit data are stored in one storage unit 11.

After the data transmission time of the 64th to the last storage unit 11 is recorded, step 74 is executed, and according to the data transmission time, all the effective storage units 11 are classified into a fast area and a slow area, or all the effective storage units 11 are Marked as fast area markers and slow area markers.

In this embodiment, the data transmission time of all the effective storage units 11 is added up, and an average data transmission time is obtained, and each of the family storage units 21 is compared with the average data transmission time. The data transmission time of the storage unit 11 is less than the average data transmission time, that is, the data transmission speed of the storage unit 11 is faster than the data transmission speed of the entire storage medium 1, so the storage unit 11 is classified into a fast area; If the data transmission time of a certain storage unit 11 is greater than the average data transmission time, the storage unit 11 is classified into a slow area.

In addition, the classification of the storage unit 11 may also be a method of using sorting. First, the data transmission time of all the effective storage units 11 is arranged from short to long, that is, the reading speed is arranged from fast to slow. Furthermore, the number of storage units 11 to be classified into fast areas is determined according to the size of the capacity required for the installation of the Windows operating system. It is assumed here that the installation of the Windows operating system requires a capacity of 2G bytes, and each storage unit The size of 11 is 512 bytes, so there will be 4M (2GBytes/512Bytes) storage units 11 with faster data transmission speeds classified into fast areas, and the remaining storage units 11 are classified as slow areas.

In other words, if the number of storage units 11 of the storage device 2 is M, M is a positive integer, and the storage unit 11 sorts according to its data transmission time from short to long, and the first m storage units 11 are classified into fast. In the area, the remaining storage units 11 are classified into slow areas. The number m of the storage units 11 classified as the fast area may be a positive integer smaller than M and greater than or equal to a predetermined capacity divided by the Gauss value of the capacity of the storage unit 11, and the predetermined capacity in this embodiment is The capacity required to install the Windows operating system.

However, the manner in which the storage unit 11 is classified is not limited to the above two methods, as long as the storage unit 11 having a faster data transmission speed can be classified into a fast area, and the slow storage unit 11 can be classified into a slow area. It is not limited to this embodiment. It is worth mentioning that when the storage unit 11 classified as the fast area reads the data therein, the reading speed is faster than that of the storage unit 11 classified as the slow area, especially the storage medium 1 is composite. (Combo) flash memory, in which the storage unit 11 has two-stage unit type and multi-stage unit type, and the difference in reading speed is more obvious.

The above steps 71 to 74 are in the classification phase, after which the storage medium 1 will enter the installation phase.

Since the unit data has filled the capacity of all the effective storage units 11 in step 72, and in order to enable the Windows operating system to be installed in the storage unit 11 classified as the fast area, step 75 is performed, and will be classified into fast areas first. The unit data in the storage unit 11 is deleted, and then step 76 is executed to install the Windows operating system in the storage unit 11 classified into the fast area. It is particularly emphasized that, in step 75, only the unit data in the storage unit 11 classified into the fast area is deleted, and the storage unit 11 classified into the slow area is not deleted, that is, the storage unit 11 classified into the slow area. The unit data is still stored, and in step 76, the Windows operating system is "forced" to be installed in the storage unit 11 classified into the fast area, so that the user can open the Windows operating system more quickly. Read the files required by the Windows operating system to reduce the opening time.

Finally, step 77 is executed to delete the unit data in the storage unit 11 classified into the slow area, so that the storage medium 1 of the embodiment can store the remaining files or data in the storage unit 11 classified as the slow area.

It should be noted that the method for classifying the storage medium 1 and the method for storing the software to the storage medium 1 can be burned or installed in the computer program product, so that when the computer loads the program and executes it, The storage medium 1 can be classified and stored by the above method. However, in this embodiment, the storage medium 1 is classified into two areas, and of course, it can be classified into multiple areas, and different softwares are stored in different data transmission speed areas according to different requirements, so it is not limited to this embodiment. .

In general, the storage medium 1 of the embodiment first uses the above-mentioned classification method to first plan the storage unit 11 therein as two areas, wherein the storage unit 11 of one of the areas is not written with data, that is, a fast area. The storage unit 11 of the other area is full of data, so that the software to be installed can be "forced" to be stored in the storage unit 11 of a zone where the data is not written.

In addition, in the case of a general disk, the storage unit 11 of the area of different data transmission speeds is concentrated in the disk, and different softwares are installed in different areas, for example, the operating system is installed in the fast area and is slow. A certain program is stored in the area. Therefore, when the storage medium 1 of the embodiment is manufactured, the image file of the storage medium 1 can be captured, and a large number of preloads can be preloaded in the production factory. In the storage medium 1 of the model, the storage unit 11 in the storage medium 1 of the same specification and the software stored therein are identical to each other. In other words, the storage medium 1 of the same specification only needs to be classified once. That is, each storage medium 1 that does not require the same specification is planned by the above classification method, so that it is convenient to save the time for mass production of the manufacturer. Furthermore, if the storage medium 1 is divided into two parts (for example, a C slot and a D slot) and only one of the storage units 11 (C slot) is classified, the storage medium 1 can be taken out from the storage medium 1. The image file is stored in another part (D-slot) for the user to reply to the system status (Recovery).

In summary, the storage medium 1 of the present invention, through the storage software of the present invention to the storage medium 1, classifies the storage unit 11 into a fast area and a slow area according to the data transmission time of the storage unit 11, and stores the software. In the storage unit 11 classified as a fast area, the software can be opened relatively quickly, thereby shortening the waiting time when the software is turned on.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the invention and the description of the invention are All remain within the scope of the invention patent.

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1 is a circuit block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a storage medium of the present invention;

2 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the storage medium of the embodiment; and

3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of storing a software to a storage medium of the present invention.

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Claims (44)

A method for storing a media classification, the storage medium having a plurality of storage units, the method comprising: step a: writing full data to the storage units; and step b: reading data of each storage unit and separately recording and reading each A data transmission time required for storing the data of the unit; and step c: classifying the storage units into a plurality of areas of different data transmission speeds according to the data transmission time. The method for classifying a storage medium according to claim 1, wherein in the step a, the unit data is repeatedly written until the storage units are filled with data. The method for classifying a storage medium according to claim 2, wherein in the step a, the capacity of the unit data is 2K to 4K bits. The method for classifying storage media according to claim 1 or 3 further includes a step d before step a, formatting the storage medium. The method for classifying storage media according to claim 1, wherein the step c is classified into a fast region and a slow region. The method for classifying storage media according to claim 5, wherein in step c, an average data transmission time of the data transmission time is obtained, and the data transmission time of each storage unit and the average data are obtained. The transmission time is compared, if the average data transmission time is less than the average data transmission time, the storage unit is classified into the fast area, and if it is greater than the average data transmission time, the storage unit is classified into the slow area. a method for classifying storage media according to claim 5 of the patent application scope, The number of storage units of the storage medium is M and M is a positive integer. In the step c, the data transmission time according to the storage units is sequentially ordered from short to long and the first m storage units are classified into the In the fast region, m is a positive integer less than M, and the remaining storage units are classified into the slow region. The method for classifying a storage medium according to claim 7, wherein in the step c, the number m of storage units of the fast area is greater than or equal to a predetermined capacity divided by a Gauss value of the capacity of each storage unit. The method for classifying storage media according to claim 8 of the patent application, wherein the predetermined capacity corresponds to a size of a software. The method for classifying a storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the software is an operating system. The storage medium classification method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the step c further deletes the data of the storage unit classified as the fast area after the classification. The method for classifying storage media according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is a magnetic disk and the storage units are magnetic regions. The method for classifying storage media according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is a solid state disk and the storage units are memory units. A computer program product for storing a media classification program, which can be completed when the computer loads the program and executes the method described in any one of claims 1 to 13. A method for storing a software to a storage medium includes the following steps: Step a: planning a plurality of storage units of a storage medium to be a first area and a second area, and leaving the storage unit of the first area unwritten The storage unit of the second area is filled with data; and step b: storing at least a portion of the software into the storage unit of the first area. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the data transmission time of any one of the storage units of the first area is shorter than the storage unit of the second area of the second area. Data transmission time. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 15 further includes a step c: deleting the data in the storage unit of the second area. The method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 15, wherein in the step b, the software has an operating system and stores the operating system to the first zone. The method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the software has a program, and in the step c, the program is stored to the second area. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 17 further includes a step d for extracting an image file of the storage medium. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 20 of the patent application further includes a step e of copying the image file to another storage medium of the same paragraph a. According to the method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 15, the storage medium is a magnetic disk and the storage units are magnetic regions. According to the storage software described in claim 15 of the patent application to the storage medium The method is that the storage medium is a solid state disk and the storage units are memory units. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 15, wherein in the step a, the data of the storage unit in the second area is composed of at least one unit of data having a size of 2K to 4K bits. . A computer program product for storing a software to a storage medium program, and when the computer loads the program and executes the method, the method of any one of claims 15 to 24 can be completed. A method for storing a software to a storage medium, the method comprising: step a: writing full data to a plurality of storage units in a storage medium; and step b: reading data of each storage unit and separately recording and reading each storage unit a data transmission time required for the data; and step c: classifying the storage units into a plurality of regions of different data transmission speeds according to the data transmission time, and storing the data in one of the storage units of the regions Delete; and step d: store the software in the storage unit of the area where the data is deleted. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 26, wherein in the step a, the unit data is repeatedly written until the storage unit is filled with data. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 27, wherein in the step a, the capacity of the unit data is 2K to 4K. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 26 of the patent application further includes a step e before the step a, formatting the storage medium body. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 26, wherein the step c is classified into a fast area and a slow area. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 30, wherein in step c, an average data transmission time of the data transmission time is obtained, and the data transmission time of each storage unit is The average data transmission time is compared. If the average data transmission time is less than the average data transmission time, the storage unit is classified into the fast area. If the average data transmission time is greater than the average data transmission time, the storage unit is classified into the slow area. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 30, wherein the number of storage units of the storage medium is M and M is a positive integer, and in step c, the data transmission time according to the storage units Sorting from short to long and sorting the first m storage units into the fast area, m is a positive integer less than M, and the remaining storage units are classified into the slow area. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 32, wherein in the step c, the number m of storage units of the fast area is greater than or equal to a predetermined capacity divided by the capacity of each storage unit. value. A method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 33, wherein the predetermined capacity corresponds to a size of a software. A method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 34, wherein the software is an operating system. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 26, further comprising a step f: deleting the storage unit of the slow area data of. The method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 30, wherein in the step d, the software has an operating system and stores the operating system to the fast area. The method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 36, wherein the software has a program, and in the step f, the program is stored to the slow region. The method for storing the software to the storage medium according to claim 38 of the patent application further includes a step g for capturing an image file of the storage medium. The method for storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 39 of the patent application further includes a step h of copying the image file to another storage medium of the same paragraph a. The method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 26, wherein the storage medium is a magnetic disk and the storage units are magnetic regions. The method of storing a software to a storage medium according to claim 26, wherein the storage medium is a solid state disk and the storage units are memory units. A computer program product for storing a software to a storage medium program, the method of any one of claims 26 to 42 being completed after the computer is loaded into the program and executed. A storage medium characterized in that the storage medium is classified into a plurality of regions of different data transmission speeds according to the method of claim 1 above, and an operating system is installed in one of the regions.