JP6781803B2 - Information processing device and its control method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and a control method thereof .

As a technique for returning the device settings to the factory default state, for example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for returning the device setting values to the factory default state by a simple user operation. Further, as a technique for safely deleting the job information of the image forming apparatus, for example, in Patent Document 2, when the processing of the encrypted data stored in the non-volatile storage area is completed, the encryption key of the encryption module is deleted. It is stated that.

Japanese Patent No. 4479633 Japanese Patent No. 5574858

However, when the user's recorded data and job information are safely deleted and the factory-shipped data is restored, the total number of prints counted by the device is also returned to the factory-shipped information. Therefore, after executing such deletion of data, there is a problem that the device cannot be distinguished from a new product in terms of data.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems of the prior art.

The feature of the present invention is that when the initialization of the storage means is instructed, the data to be erased stored in the storage means is surely erased, and after the initialization, the data stored in the storage means and the factory. The purpose is to provide a technology that makes it possible to distinguish the data from the factory.

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention has the following configuration. That is,
An information processing apparatus,
A first storage means for storing user data of the information processing device and data indicating a usage history of the information processing device in a storage area based on partition information.
Based on the instruction to initialize the first storage means, the second storage means for storing the data indicating the usage history and the second storage means.
With the deletion means for deleting at least the data stored in the storage area based on the instruction to initialize the first storage means and the storage of the data indicating the usage history by the second storage means. ,
It is characterized by having a writing means for writing data indicating the usage history stored by the second storage means to the first storage means based on the data being deleted by the deleting means .

According to the present invention, when the initialization of the storage means is instructed, the data to be erased stored in the storage means can be reliably erased, and after the initialization, the stored data and the factory-shipped device data Has the effect of being able to distinguish.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the attached drawings, the same or similar configurations are designated by the same reference numbers.

The accompanying drawings are included in the specification, form a part thereof, show an embodiment of the present invention, and are used together with the description to explain the principle of the present invention.
The block diagram explaining the hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure explaining the data stored in the ROM of the image forming apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. The figure (A) which shows the arrangement of the internal data of an eMMC after a user has used an image forming apparatus to some extent, and the figure (B) which shows the preparation for deleting the data of an eMMC. A diagram (A) showing the arrangement of data after deleting the eMMC FAX data, print data, and user data, and a diagram (B) showing a data area when the eMMC partition is restored after deleting the eMMC data. ). The figure which shows the state which restored the data after the partition of eMMC was restored. The flowchart explaining the process which the printer controller of the image forming apparatus which concerns on this embodiment initializes the data of eMMC. The figure which shows the screen example which instructs the initialization of the user record data in the image forming apparatus which concerns on embodiment. The figure which shows the screen example which is displayed on the display part of the image forming apparatus which concerns on this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the following embodiments do not limit the present invention according to the claims, and not all combinations of features described in the present embodiment are essential for the means for solving the present invention. .. In the following description, the information processing device according to the present invention will be described by taking an image forming device as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a communication device, a computer device such as a PC, a printing device, a multifunction device, etc. Can also be applied.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The printer controller (control unit) 115 is connected to the eMMC (embedded Multi Media Card) 120 via the bus 130. The eMMC120 is a non-volatile storage device for embedded devices that uses a flash memory. The NAND flash memory and the control circuit are integrated into one package and connected by the same interface as the MMC (multimedia card). The CPU 101 of the printer controller 115eMMC (embedded Multi Media Card) is a CPU that controls the entire printer controller 115, and executes a program expanded in the RAM 102 to perform various calculations. The RAM 102 provides a system work memory for the CPU 101 to operate, and the CPU 101 expands data and programs from the eMMC 120 and the like into the RAM 102, and executes calculations and various controls according to the programs. The eMMC controller IF (interface) 103 controls access to the eMMC 120 via the bus 130 under the control of the CPU 101. The display IF 104 is connected to the display unit 105 and sends a display signal to the display unit 105. The display unit 105 includes a display panel, LEDs, and the like, and presents information to the user. The operation IF 106 is connected to the operation unit 107, and the operation unit 107 includes a touch panel, buttons, and the like. The operation IF 106 receives the user's operation via the touch panel, buttons, or the like from the operation unit 107 as an electric signal. When the display unit 105 has a touch panel function, the display unit 105 and the operation unit 107 are integrally formed.

The ROM 109 is a non-volatile memory that stores a boot program, factory data, and a user data initialization flag described later with reference to FIG. 2, for example, a flash ROM. The FAX modem 110 is a modem that transmits and receives FAX data, and is connected to a telephone line (not shown). The FAX reception data is temporarily stored in the eMMC 120 as a FAX reception image data file, and the FAX transmission data is also temporarily stored in the eMMC 120 as a FAX transmission image data file. The printer IF 111 is connected to the printer engine 140, sends print data and a printer control command to the printer engine 140, and receives a response from the printer engine 140. Each of these parts is connected to each other via a bus 108.

The eMMC 120 has a NAND memory controller 121 and a NAND memory (NAND flash memory) 122, which are the control circuits described above. The NAND memory controller 121 is connected to the eMMC controller IF103 via the bus 130. The NAND memory controller 121 receives a command from the eMMC controller IF103, and sends data and a response to the eMMC controller IF103 via the bus 130 in response to the received command. The commands received here include safe erase commands, write commands, read commands, and the like. The NAND memory controller 121 is connected to the NAND memory 122 and interprets a command received from the eMMC controller 103. In the case of the safe erase command, the data recorded in the NAND memory 122 is safely erased, and in the case of the write command, the data received from the eMMC controller IF103 via the bus 130 is written in the NAND memory 122. In the case of a read command, the NAND memory controller 121 reads data from the NAND memory 122 and transmits the read data to the printer controller 115 via the bus 130.

Further, the eMMC 120 has a wear leveling function that equalizes the rewriting of data to the storage elements of the storage medium as much as possible, and controls so that data writing is not concentrated on a specific physical address of the NAND memory 122. When the NAND memory controller 121 receives a write command, the eMMC 120 analyzes the logical address information included in the command and finds out the physical address of the NAND memory 122 that is actually written. Then, the number of writes of the found physical address is compared with the number of writes of the memory of the other unused physical address, and the write of the physical address with the smaller number of writes is executed. In this way, the NAND memory controller 121 writes data to the physical address corresponding to the logical address. Therefore, even if the eMMC controller IF103 issues a write command for instructing the eMMC 120 to overwrite the same logical address, the data may remain without being overwritten. Further, the data of the physical address corresponding to the logical address is not overwritten and remains in the NAND memory 122.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating data stored in ROM 109 of the image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

The boot program 201 is stored in the ROM 109, and the boot program of the image forming apparatus 100 is stored in the boot program 201. When the CPU 101 starts up, it first reads and executes the boot program 201. By executing the boot program 201, the CPU 101 can read data or a program from the eMMC 120, expand it into the RAM 102, and execute the program. The user data initialization flag 202 is a flag indicating whether or not to initialize the user data, and this flag 202 is set to on when the user executes the initialization of the user data. The shipping status data 203 is an area for storing the initial setting data at the time of factory shipment, and the setting data at the time of factory shipment is written in this area at the time of factory shipment.

3 to 5 are diagrams for explaining the transition of the data arrangement of the eMMC 120 in the image forming apparatus 100 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3A is a diagram showing the arrangement of internal data of the eMMC 120 after the user has used the image forming apparatus 100 to some extent.

The CPU 101 executes the boot program 201, reads the program from the program storage area 302, expands the program into the RAM 102, and executes the program. The eMMC 120 has an area of a master boot record 301 (hereinafter, MBR), in which data indicating a plurality of partition information of the data of the eMMC 120 is recorded. In this partition information, data indicating from which address the partition is started is recorded, and the CPU 101 recognizes the partition based on this data. In the embodiment, the MBR301 records four partitions of partition boot records 1 to 4. Here, the partition boot record 1 is indicated by PBR1 (303), the partition boot record 2 is indicated by PBR2 (305), the partition boot record 3 is indicated by PBR3 (307), and the partition boot record 4 is indicated by PBR4 (309).

The program executed by the CPU 101 reads the MBR301 and reads the start addresses of the PBR1 (303), PBR2 (305), PBR3 (307), and PBR4 (309) from the partition information written in the MBR301. This confirms that the partitions exist and makes these partitions available in software. These processes are generally called volume mounting.

In PBR1 (303), PBR2 (305), PBR3 (307), and PBR4 (309), the start address and size of the data area managed by the partition are described. In addition, a data area that describes information on files and folders managed by that partition is also recorded. The deletion of a file or folder is executed by putting the data that describes the information of this file or folder in the deleted state. Therefore, at this time, the actual file data and folder data are not deleted. Therefore, even if the file or folder is deleted, the file or folder can be restored by restoring the information of the file or folder.

The start addresses of the corresponding PBR1 (303) to PBR4 (309) are stored in the partitions 1 to 4 of the MBR301 of FIG. 3A. In PBR1 (303), the root folder name is "FAX data", and "FAX reception data" and "FAX transmission data" are described as files. The root folder name is the top-level folder name of the target partition, and is also the partition name. The folder name at the top of the partition is generally given a name such as "C:", and is often called a C drive or the like. In the example of FIG. 3A, the FAX data area 304 stores the FAX reception data file 311 and the FAX transmission data file 312.

In PBR2 (305), the root folder name is "print data", and in the example of FIG. 3A, the print data file does not exist in the print data area 306.

In PBR3 (307), the root folder name is "user data", and the file has "user data" and "counter". In the example of FIG. 3A, the user data area 308 stores a user data file 313 in which user setting data is written and a counter file 314 in which the total number of prints executed is recorded. ..

The root folder name of PBR4 (309) is "backup", and in FIG. 3A, the file to be backed up does not exist in the backup area 310.

If the data of the partition boot records PBR1 to PBR4 is deleted in this state, the program executed by the CPU 101 determines that there is no data in that partition even if the data in the data area managed by that partition is not deleted. To do.

FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating preparations for deleting the data of the eMMC 120.

When the user executes the initialization of the data of the eMMC 120, the CPU 101 reads the counter file 314 of the user data area 308 from the eMMC 120 and temporarily stores the counter file 314 in the RAM 102 via the eMMC controller IF103. Then, the FAX data area 304, the print data area 306, and the user data area 308 are all initialized except for the total number of printed data stored in the RAM 102. After that, the clear counter file 315 is saved in the backup area 310 managed by PBR4 (309). In this way, the clear counter file 315 is stored in the backup area 310 of the PBR4. At this time, the root folder name of PBR4 (309) is "backup", and the file is "clear counter".

FIG. 4A is a diagram showing the arrangement of data after deleting the FAX data area, print data area, and user data area of the eMMC 120.

In FIG. 4A, as described in FIG. 3B, the CPU 101 saves the clear counter file 315 in the backup area 310, and then erases all the data of PBR1 to 3 of the eMMC 120 via the eMMC controller IF103. To do. At this time, the data in the memory address area managed by PBR1 to 3 and the data in the physical address that does not correspond to the logical address are physically erased. By this process, the file information and folder information stored in PBR1 to 3 (303, 305, 307) and the user data file 313 in which the user setting data of the user data area 308 is stored can be reliably deleted. Further, the fax reception data file 311 and the fax transmission data file 312 in the fax data area 304 can be reliably deleted. Although the print data file does not exist in the print data area 306 in FIG. 3, if it does exist, the print data file can be reliably deleted.

FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a data area when the partition of the eMMC 120 is restored after deleting all the data other than the MBR301, the program storage area 302, the PBR4 (309) and the backup area 310 of the eMMC120. Here, the parts common to FIG. 3 are indicated by the same reference numbers.

The CPU 101 reads the MBR301 from the eMMC 120 via the eMMC controller IF103 and confirms the partition information. Then, the CPU 101 tries to read PBR1, PBR2, PBR3, and PBR4 based on the partition information of MBR301. However, at this time, since there are no PBR1, PBR2, and PBR3, it is determined that there is no partition, and these partitions are restored. In the restoration of this partition, PBR1, PBR2, and PBR3 are created based on the information of MBR301 as shown in FIG. 3A. The partition may be restored from the partition information held by the program in the program storage area 302 or the program in the boot program 201. After restoring these partitions, make them available in software.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which user data is further restored after the partition of the eMMC 120 is restored.

The CPU 101 expands the shipping state setting data stored in the shipping state data 203 shown in FIG. 2 into the RAM 102 according to the program stored in the program storage area 302 or the program stored in the boot program 201. .. A file is created from the setting data expanded in this way, and is saved as a user data file 319 in the user data area 308 managed by the PBR3 (307) via the eMMC controller IF103.

Further, the CPU 101 reads the clear counter file 315, which is cleared in FIG. 3B and is stored in the backup area 310, and expands the clear counter file 315 into the RAM 102. The clear counter file 315 expanded in the RAM 102 in this way is written as the counter file 320 in the user data area 308 managed by PBR3 (307), which is the restored partition information. That is, the clear counter file 315 of the backup area 310 is saved in the user data area 308 with another name. After saving the counter file 320 in the user data area 308 in this way, the clear counter file 315 in the backup area 310 is deleted. In this deletion process, the file information of PBR4 (309) is initialized and the clear counter file is put into the deletion state. Therefore, the clear counter file 315 remains in the backup area 310 managed by PBR4 (309). Therefore, for safety, the data of the backup area 310 and PBR4 (309) managed by PBR4 (309) and the data of the physical address corresponding to the logical address are physically erased. Then, as described with reference to FIG. 4B, the partition of PBR4 may be restored.

By these processes, the data of the eMMC 120 is in the factory-shipped state, and the total number of prints indicating the usage history of this device is saved as the counter file 320 with the information before the initialization. After these processes are completed, the user data initialization flag 202 of the ROM 109 is turned off.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the printer controller 115 of the image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment initializes the data of the eMMC 120. The program that executes this process is stored in, for example, the program storage area 302 of the eMMC 120. At the time of execution, the CPU 101 expands the program in the RAM 102 and executes the program to achieve the process shown in this flowchart. .. This process is started, for example, when the user instructs the data initialization process of the eMMC 120 via the operation unit 107.

When this process is started, the CPU 101 first determines in S601 whether a job such as a print job is being executed or is on standby. Here, if a print job or the like is being executed or the job is waiting to be executed, the process proceeds to S602, and the CPU 101 displays on the display unit 105 that the initialization process cannot be executed because the job exists, and performs this process. finish. An example of the screen displayed in S602 is shown in FIG. 8 (A).

On the other hand, if the CPU 101 determines in S601 that there is no job being executed or waiting to be executed, the process proceeds to S603, and the CPU 101 prohibits the acceptance of the job so as not to receive the job during the data initialization process of the eMMC 120. Next, the process proceeds to S604, and the CPU 101 displays on the display unit 105 that the data of the eMMC 120 is being initialized, and informs the user that the data of the eMMC 120 is being initialized. An example of the screen displayed in S604 is shown in FIG. 8 (B).

Next, the process proceeds to S605, and the CPU 101 reads out the data in the user data area 308 of the PBR 3 as described with reference to FIG. 3B, and shows how much the image forming apparatus 100 such as the total number of prints has been used. Initialize other than the counter file. Then, the initialized data is saved in the RAM 102. As the data of the user data file initialized at this time, the value saved in the program storage area 302 or the data saved in the shipping status data 203 at the time of restoration is used. Then, in S605, it is determined whether or not the initialization of this data is successful, and if it is determined that the initialization is successful, the process proceeds to S607, but if not, the process proceeds to S606 and the display unit 105 indicates that the initialization has failed. Is displayed and this process ends. An example of the screen displayed in S606 is shown in FIG. 8 (C).

In S607, the CPU 101 creates a clear counter file 315 that initializes data other than the data indicating how much the image forming apparatus 100 has been used, such as the total number of prints, from the counter file 314. Then, the counter file 314 is saved in a partition set in the eMMC 120 different from the partition in which the counter file 314 is saved. In FIG. 3B, the data is stored in the backup area 310 of PBR4. Here, it is also conceivable to keep the initialized clear counter file 315 stored in the RAM 102 without writing it to the eMMC 120. Then, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the initialization of the counter file 314 and the creation of the clear counter file 315 are successful, and if so, proceeds to S609. On the other hand, if it is not successful, the process proceeds to S608, the fact that the backup file creation has failed is displayed on the display unit 105, and this process is terminated. An example of the screen displayed in S608 is shown in FIG. 8 (C).

In S609, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the factory-shipped setting data stored in the shipping status data 203 of the ROM 109 is correct. A known method for determining whether or not this data is correct may be known, such as confirmation of an electronic signature or checksum. If the CPU 101 determines that the data is correct, the process proceeds to S611. On the other hand, if it is determined that the data is incorrect, the process proceeds to S610, and the CPU 101 displays on the display unit 105 that the initialization process of the user recorded data has failed, and ends this process. An example of the screen displayed in S610 is shown in FIG. 8 (C).

In S611, the CPU 101 turns on the user data initialization flag 202 of the ROM 109. By turning on the user data initialization flag 202, even if the power is turned off for some reason during the subsequent processing, if this flag 202 is on at startup, the initialization of the user recorded data will be described later. It can be re-executed from the display process of the startup screen of S613. In this way, even if some problem occurs while deleting the data saved in the eMMC 120, the initialization process can be re-executed.

Next, the process proceeds to S612, and the CPU 101 restarts the printer controller 115 to proceed to S613. Here, if the clear counter file 315 initialized in S607 is not saved in the eMMC 120 but is saved in the RAM 102, the process proceeds to S617 without restarting. In S613, the CPU 101 displays a screen indicating that it is starting up on the display unit 105. An example of the startup screen displayed in S613 is shown in FIG. 8 (D). In S613, the user data initialization flag 202 written in S611 may be confirmed, and if it is on, a screen indicating the initialization of user data may be displayed even if the screen does not indicate that the computer is being started.

Next, the process proceeds to S614, and the CPU 101 determines whether or not the user data initialization flag 202 written in S611 is on. If it is on, the process proceeds to S615, and if it is off, the process ends as it is. In S615, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the factory default setting data stored in the shipping status data 203 is correct, as in S609. Here, if the CPU 101 determines that the factory default setting data is correct, it proceeds to S617, but if it determines that it is not correct, it proceeds to S616, and the display unit 105 indicates that the process of initializing the user record data has failed. Show and finish. In S616, the user data initialization flag 202 may be turned off and then terminated so as not to re-execute the user record data initialization process. An example of the screen displayed in S616 is shown in FIG. 8 (C).

In S617, the CPU 101 physically completes the data of the area managed by PBR1, PBR2, and PBR3 of the eMMC120 and the data of the physical address that does not correspond to the logical address as described with reference to FIG. 4A. to erase. That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, the partitions of PBR1, PBR2, and PBR3 and their data are completely deleted. Next, the process proceeds to S618, and the CPU 101 restores the partition of the eMMC 120 and proceeds to S619 with reference to the MBR301 of the eMMC 120, as described with reference to FIG.

In S619, the CPU 101 reads the factory-shipped data from the shipping status data 203 inside the ROM 109 and writes it as a user data file 319 in the partition managed by PBR3 (307) restored in S618 (see FIG. 5). Then, when the CPU 101 determines that the writing back of the user data file 319 at the time of shipment from the factory is successful, the process proceeds to S621, but if not, the process proceeds to S620 and displays on the display unit 105 that the initialization of the user record data has failed. And finish. An example of the screen displayed in S620 is shown in FIG. 8 (C).

In S621, the CPU 101 writes back the clear counter file 315, which is the counter file saved in S607, to the partition of PBR3 restored in S618. Then, when the CPU 101 determines that the writing back of the counter file is successful, the process proceeds to S623, but if not, the process proceeds to S622, and the display unit 105 displays that the initialization of the user record data has failed. End the process. An example of the screen displayed in S622 is shown in FIG. 8 (C).

In S623, the CPU 101 deletes the clear counter file 315 in the backup area 310 of the PBR4. Here, for safety, after physically completely erasing the data of the backup area 310 managed by PBR4 (309) and the data of the physical address corresponding to the logical address of this partition, the partition managed by PBR4 is restored. You may. By these processes, the data of the eMMC 120 is in the factory-shipped state, and the total number of prints indicating the usage history of this device is restored to the original information before initialization. Then, in S624, the CPU 101 turns off the user data initialization flag 202 of the ROM 109 and ends this process.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen instructing the initialization of user-recorded data in the image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7A is a menu screen for instructing the initialization of the user record data, and when the user instructs the user record data initialization 701, the confirmation screen of FIG. 7B is displayed. When the user instructs the "Yes" button 702 on the screen of FIG. 7B, the initialization process of the user record data is started, and the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 is started. When the "No" button 703 is instructed, the process of initializing the user-recorded data is not executed, and the process ends as it is.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a screen example showing the presence of a job displayed in S602 of FIG. 6 in the image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

When it is determined in S601 of FIG. 6 whether a process such as a job is being executed or whether the job is waiting for execution and it is determined that there is a job, the process proceeds to S602, for example, as shown in FIG. 8 (A). Screen is displayed on the display unit 105.

FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of a screen showing that the user-recorded data initialization process is being executed in the image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

After prohibiting the acceptance of jobs in S603 of FIG. 6, in S604, a screen as shown in FIG. 8B is displayed to indicate to the user that the initialization process of the user record data is being executed. It is displayed on 105.

FIG. 8C is displayed on the display unit 105 when the initialization of user data fails in S606, S608, S610, S616, S620, and S622 of FIG. 6 in the image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen example. In addition, information indicating the cause of the failure and the content of the error may be further displayed on this screen.

FIG. 8D is a diagram showing an example of an activation screen displayed in S613 of FIG. 6 in the image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

In S613, instead of displaying such a startup screen, it is determined whether or not the user data initialization flag 202 is on, and if it is on, a screen indicating that the user data is being initialized is displayed. May be good.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the data of the non-volatile storage device can be completely initialized, and further, the information indicating the usage history of the device is returned to the state before the initialization, so that the data is initialized. It will be possible to distinguish it from a new product even later.

In addition, since data is deleted in units of partitions, for example, by adopting a wear leveling function, even if the logical address to write data and the physical address do not match, the data to be erased in the non-volatile storage device can be reliably erased. it can.

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The present invention supplies a program that realizes one or more functions of the above-described embodiment to a system or device via a network or storage medium, and one or more processors in the computer of the system or device reads and executes the program. It can also be realized by the processing to be performed. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, in order to make the scope of the present invention public, the following claims are attached.

100 ... image forming device, 101 ... CPU, 102 ... RAM, 105 ... display unit, 107 ... operation unit, 109 ... ROM, 120 ... eMMC, 122 ... NAND memory, 212 ... NAND memory controller, 140 ... printer

Claims (13)

An information processing apparatus,
A first storage means for storing user data of the information processing device and data indicating a usage history of the information processing device in a storage area based on partition information.
Based on the instruction to initialize the first storage means, the second storage means for storing the data indicating the usage history and the second storage means.
With the deletion means for deleting at least the data stored in the storage area based on the instruction to initialize the first storage means and the storage of the data indicating the usage history by the second storage means. ,
A writing means for writing data indicating the usage history stored by the second storage means to the first storage means based on the data being deleted by the deleting means.
An information processing device characterized by having. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first storage means stores data indicating the usage history and the user data in a storage area based on the first partition information . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first storage means stores FAX data in a storage area based on the second partition information, and stores print data in the storage area based on the third partition information. .. 3. The storage area to be initialized is a storage area based on the first partition information, a storage area based on the second partition information, and a storage area based on the third partition information. The information processing device described in. It also has a non-volatile storage device
Claims 1 to 4 of the storage area of the storage device, wherein the first area is an area used as the first storage means, and the second area is an area used as the second storage means. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above items . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second area stores backup data in a storage area based on the fourth partition information . The first storage means has a storage area for storing a plurality of partition information, and has a storage area.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the storage area for storing the plurality of partition information and the storage area based on the fourth partition information are not subject to the initialization . Further having a setting means for setting a storage area based on the partition information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the setting means resets a storage area based on the plurality of partition information based on the data being deleted by the deletion means. Further, it has a non-volatile third storage means for storing the setting data of the information processing device.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the writing means writes the setting data stored by the third storage means to the first storage means based on the setting of the storage area. .. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein the setting data stored in the third storage means is the data at the time of shipment from the factory of the information processing device. The nonvolatile storage device, the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 10, characterized in that a eMMC (embedded Multi Media Card). The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11 , further comprising a receiving means for receiving an instruction for initialization of the first storage means by a user. A first area for storing user data and data indicating the usage history of the device in a storage area based on partition information, and data indicating the usage history are stored based on an instruction to initialize the first area. It is a control method of an information processing apparatus having a non-volatile storage device including a second region.
A deletion step of deleting at least the data stored in the first area based on the instruction to initialize the first area and the storage of the data indicating the usage history in the second area.
A writing step of writing data indicating the usage history stored in the second area to the first area based on the data being deleted in the deletion step.
A control method characterized by having.

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