Internal notebook microSD reader with read-only switch
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorMarcin Tomasz Wiacek
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Abstract
A computing device can include a connector to connect with a removable storage device. A switch can control the connector to prevent in a first state and allow in a second state at least one of the writing and erasing of a removable storage device connected to the connector. The switch can be prevented from changing states when a component is in a first configuration. The state of the switch can be changeable when the component is in a second configuration. The component is operationally connected to the computing device in the first configuration, and the component is operationally disconnected from the computing device in the second configuration.
Claims19
A computing device comprising:
- a connector to connect with a removable storage device;
- and
- a switch to control, based on a state of the switch, the connector to prevent in a first state and allow in a second state at least one of the writing and erasing of a removable storage device connected to the connector, wherein
- the switch is prevented from changing states when a component is in a first configuration, and the state of the switch is changeable when the component is in a second configuration,
- the component is operationally connected to the computing device in the first configuration, and the component is operationally disconnected from the computing device in the second configuration.
A method of changing a state of a removable storage device, the method comprising:
- changing a configuration of a component from a first configuration to a second configuration;
- changing a state of a switch;
- and
- changing information stored on the removable storage device, wherein:
- the switch is to prevent in a first state and allow in a second state at least one of writing and erasing of the removable storage device, based on the state of the switch,
- the switch is prevented from changing states when the component is in a first configuration, and the state of the switch is changeable when the component is in the second configuration,
- the component is operationally connected to the computing device in the first configuration, the component is operationally disconnected from the computing device in the second configuration, and
- the switch is physically separate from the removable storage device.
A circuit board for use in a computing device, the circuit board comprising:
- a switch to control, based on a state of the switch, a connector, the switch to prevent in a first state and allow in a second state at least one of writing and erasing of a removable storage device connected to the connector, wherein
- the switch is prevented from changing states when a component is in a first configuration, and the state of the switch is changeable when the component is in a second configuration,
- the component is operationally connected to the computing device in the first configuration, and the component is operationally disconnected from the computing device in the second configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.