Information processing apparatus capable of enabling selection of user data erase method, data processing method, and storage medium
US9111101B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/2143
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism which makes it possible to automatically and appropriately select an erase method of erasing user data in a shorter time such that the user data can by no means be reproduced, according to the type of a connected nonvolatile storage device. An information processing apparatus determines an erase method of erasing an erase area of the nonvolatile storage device according to a management table generated based on attribute information acquired from the nonvolatile storage device. Then, the image forming apparatus erases information stored in the erase area according to the determined erase method.
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