Apparatus and method for restoring data
First Claim
1. An apparatus for restoring data, comprising:
- a recording medium for storing an original file and a file for restoration, the file for restoration differing from the original file in at least one of a filename and an extension;
a reproducibility determining section for determining whether the original file is capable of being reproduced; and
a file restoring processor that, when the reproducibility determining section determines that the original file is not capable of being reproduced, restores the original file to a reproducible state by modifying at least one of the filename and the extension of the file for restoration.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for restoring data is provided for easily restoring a file that is carelessly deleted from a hard disk. A microcomputer 1 is constructed as follows. An original file and a file for restoration whose extension is different from that of the original file are stored in a HDD unit 3. When it is determined that the original file is not capable of being reproduced, the filename or the extension of the file for restoration may be renamed, thereby restoring the original file. Even when the original file is carelessly deleted or not capable of being reproduced due to its corruption, the original file can be automatically restored using the file for restoration.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for restoring data, comprising:
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a recording medium for storing an original file and a file for restoration, the file for restoration differing from the original file in at least one of a filename and an extension;
a reproducibility determining section for determining whether the original file is capable of being reproduced; and
a file restoring processor that, when the reproducibility determining section determines that the original file is not capable of being reproduced, restores the original file to a reproducible state by modifying at least one of the filename and the extension of the file for restoration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for restoring data, comprising:
determining whether an original file is capable of being reproduced when the original file is intended to be reproduced from a recording medium which stores therein the original file and a file for restoration, the file for restoration differing from the original file in at least one of a filename and an extension; and
restoring the original file to a reproducible state by modifying at least one of the filename and the extension of the file for restoration so as to conform to the original file when it is determined that the original file is not capable of being reproduced.- View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for restoring data, comprising:
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an internal recording medium for storing an original file and a restoration file, the restoration file differing from the original file in at least one of a filename, an extension, and a predetermined attribute;
an integrity unit for determining if the integrity of the original file is intact; and
a processor that utilizes the restoration file to restore the integrity of the original file when the integrity unit determines that the integrity of the original file is not intact. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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