Peripheral Device Data Integrity
AssigneeImation Corp.
InventorsDavid Jevans, Gil Spencer
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Abstract
A system and method for protecting against corruption of data stored in a peripheral storage device. The peripheral storage device is communicatively coupled with a host computer. The peripheral storage device includes at least memory and a controller. Data from the host computer is stored to a first portion of the peripheral storage device memory. The controller backs up some or all of the data to a second portion of the data to a second portion of the peripheral storage device memory. The controller restores some or all of the data from the second portion of the peripheral storage device memory to the first portion of the peripheral storage device memory.
Claims55
A method for protecting against corruption of data stored in a peripheral storage device, the method comprising:
- communicatively coupling the peripheral storage device with a host computer, the peripheral storage device comprising at least memory and a controller;
- storing data from the host computer to a first portion of the peripheral storage device memory;
- the controller backing-up some or all of the data to a second portion of the peripheral storage device memory;
- and
- the controller restoring some or all of the data from the second portion of the peripheral storage device memory to the first portion of the peripheral storage device memory.
A system for protecting against corruption of data stored in a peripheral storage device, the system comprising:
- a peripheral storage device comprising at least memory and a controller, the memory including a first portion of memory and a second portion of memory;
- a host computer communicatively coupled with the peripheral storage device;
- and
- a controller configured to backup some or all of the data to the second portion of the peripheral storage device memory, and configured to restore some or all of the data from the second portion of the peripheral storage device memory to the first portion of the peripheral storage device memory.
The method 1, wherein the memory is part of a hard drive.
A computer readable storage medium having a program embodied thereon, the program executable by a processor to perform a method for protecting against corruption of data stored in a peripheral storage device, the method comprising:
- communicatively coupling the peripheral storage device with a host computer, the peripheral storage device comprising at least memory and a controller;
- storing data from the host computer to a first portion of the peripheral storage device memory;
- the controller backing-up some or all of the data to a second portion of the peripheral storage device memory;
- and
- the controller restoring some or all of the data from the second portion of the peripheral storage device memory to the first portion of the peripheral storage device memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.