Power Safe Offline Download

A method for operating a storage device having a non-volatile memory device and a volatile memory device, comprising:

• writing an updated firmware to a firmware slot of the non-volatile memory device;
• powering on the storage device after experiencing a power cycle before the updated firmware could be fully written to the firmware slot of the non-volatile memory device;
• booting the storage device with the updated firmware loaded into the volatile memory device;
• re-writing the updated firmware to the firmware slot of the non-volatile memory device;
• and
• updating a status of the non-volatile memory device once the firmware slot is finished writing.

A data storage device, comprising:

• a non-volatile memory device;
• a volatile memory device;
• and
• a controller coupled to the non-volatile memory device and the volatile memory device, wherein the controller is configured to:
• boot the data storage device from the non-volatile memory device;
• determine an updated firmware is available;
• load the updated firmware into the volatile memory device;
• reboot the storage device with the updated firmware;
• write the updated firmware to the non-volatile memory device;
• and
• reboot the storage device with the updated firmware after experiencing a power cycle before the updated firmware could be fully written to the non-volatile memory device.