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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Hisakazu Koyama, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Tamakazu Kitamura, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Takashi Takehana, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Hisakazu Koyama, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Tamakazu Kitamura, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Takashi Takehana, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data processing apparatus and a control method for a data processing apparatus can start up by running a normal boot program the next time the power turns on in the event the power turns off while rewriting the boot program to flash ROM by temporarily providing a plurality of boot sectors instead of always maintaining a plurality of boot sectors in flash ROM. During the memory writing mode the flash ROMis segmented into a boot selector sector, main sector, first boot sector, and a second boot sectorthat is temporarily reserved by overwriting a part of the main sectorin the memory writing mode.