Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, data recovery method, and computer-readable recording medium

A data recovery method comprising:

• storing second data in a second auxiliary storage section that is nonvolatile;
• loading, using a data processing unit, the second data from the second auxiliary storage section into a main storage section that is volatile;
• storing, using a storing unit, first data that is stored in the main storage section into a first auxiliary storage section that is nonvolatile at a predetermined timing, wherein the first data includes the second data that has been loaded into the main storage section from the second auxiliary storage section;
• loading, using a loading unit, the first data stored in the first auxiliary storage section into the main storage section
• recording, using a change recording unit in the data processing unit, a change in hardware or software of the information processing apparatus, wherein the change in hardware or software of the information processing apparatus includes a change in the second data loaded into the main storage section;
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• after loading the first data into the main storage section from the first auxiliary storage section, loading, using the data processing unit, the second data, which has been changed after the first data is stored into the first auxiliary storage section from the main storage section, into the main storage section from the second auxiliary storage section, wherein
• the storing, using a storing unit, first data that is stored in the main storage section operation includes storing the first data that is stored in the main storage section into the first auxiliary storage section when the change recording unit has recorded the change in the second data that has been loaded into the main storage section.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program that causes an information processing apparatus to execute a method comprising:

• storing second data in a second auxiliary storage section that is nonvolatile;
• loading, using a data processing unit, the second data from the second auxiliary storage section into a main storage section that is volatile;
• storing, using a storing unit, first data that is stored in the main storage section into a first auxiliary storage section that is nonvolatile at a predetermined timing, wherein the first data includes the second data that has been loaded into the main storage section from the second auxiliary storage section;
• loading, using a loading unit, the first data stored in the first auxiliary storage section into the main storage section;
• recording, using a change recording unit in the data processing unit, a change in hardware or software of the information processing apparatus, wherein the change in hardware or software of the information processing apparatus includes a change in the second data loaded into the main storage section;
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• after loading the first data into the main storage section from the first auxiliary storage section, loading, using the data processing unit, the second data, which has been changed after the first data is stored into the first auxiliary storage section from the main storage section, into the main storage section from the second auxiliary storage section, wherein,
• the storing, using a storing unit, first data that is stored in the main storage section operation includes storing the first data that is stored in the main storage section into the first auxiliary storage section when the change recording unit has recorded the change in the second data that has been loaded into the main storage section.