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Utilizing destructive features as RAM code for a storage device

  • US 9,275,697 B2
  • Filed: 11/25/2013
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A host computing device comprising:

  • a controller configured to be connected to a data storage device separate from the host computing device and to;

    maintain random access memory (RAM) code on the host device, the RAM code including instructions for performing a destructive function on the data storage device;

    temporarily load the RAM code onto a volatile memory of the data storage device during a manufacturing process, wherein the loaded RAM code, when executed by one or more processors of the data storage device, directs the one or more processors to perform the destructive function by completely erasing a non-volatile memory of the data storage device containing firmware for operation of the data storage device; and

    remove the loaded RAM code from the volatile memory of the data storage device, wherein the destructive function is unable to be performed by the data storage device when the loaded RAM code is removed from the volatile memory.

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