Electronic device, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for performing mount operation for part of partition

A method of an electronic device, comprising:

• identifying a user input while the electronic device is operating in a first mode wherein, in the first mode of the electronic device, each of a plurality of storage areas of memory of the electronic device is associated with a corresponding directory name based on a first mounting operation;
• in response to the identified user input, turning off the electronic device to cause the directory names to be disassociated from the corresponding storage areas and turning on the electronic device to boot the electronic device to a second mode, and
• while the electronic device is being booted to the second mode:
• identifying a portion of the plurality of storage areas in which log information is stored;
• and
• performing a second mounting operation, different from the first mounting operation, to associate a portion of the directory names with the identified portion of the storage areas, and to not associate a remaining portion of the storage areas with a remaining portion of the directory names such that the remaining portion of the directory names remains disassociated with the remaining portion of the storage areas to disable access to information stored in the remaining portion of the storage areas.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by a processor of the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

• identify a user input while the electronic device is operating in a first mode wherein, in the first mode of the electronic device, each of a plurality of storage areas is associated with a corresponding directory name based on a first mounting operation;
• in response to the identified user input, turn off the electronic device to cause the directory names to be disassociated from the corresponding storage areas, and turn on the electronic device to boot the electronic device to a second mode;
• and
• while the electronic device is being booted to the second mode:
• identify a portion of the plurality of storage areas in which log information is stored;
• and
• perform a second mounting operation, different from the first mounting operation, to associate a portion of the directory names with the identified portion of the storage areas, and to not associate a remaining portion of the storage areas with a remaining portion of the directory names such that the remaining portion of the directory names remains disassociated with the remaining portion of the storage areas to disable an access to information stored in the remaining portion of the storage areas.