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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2002
Masahiro Okada, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Tanikawa, Osaka, JP;
Shinichirou Takigawa, Kyoto, JP;
Satoshi Kawanaka, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Okada, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Tanikawa, Osaka, JP;
Shinichirou Takigawa, Kyoto, JP;
Satoshi Kawanaka, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a recording/reproducing apparatus using a hard disk drive (HDD), a connection confirmation/processing program (program for confirming connection with an external equipment and conducting processing required for that connection) which can be executed during starting time of the HDD is stored in a non-volatile memory (e.g., flash memory) of a microcomputer, and a recording/reproduction control program which cannot be executed until the HDD becomes accessible and is greatly affected by extension of the functions and modification of the specification is stored in the HDD.