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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Takashi Inui, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Nomura, Kirkland, WA (US);
Noritoshi Yoshiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pty Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A user specifies, in advance, the expansion devices which he/she does not want to remove among the expansion devices which are attachable/detachable with respect to the PC, and the specified expansion devices are excluded from a list displayed later for the user to select an expansion device to remove. Besides, whether to display expansion devices in the list is specified to an BIOS and the information referenced by the BIOS is stored in an NVRAM.