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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2008
Chin-yu Wang, Taipei, TW;
Chin-Yu Wang, Taipei, TW;
ASUSTek Computer Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method for protecting data, adapted for a computer system, is provided. The computer system includes a storage device. The method includes: when the computer system executes a power-off procedure, inspecting whether a preset external storage device is connected to the computer system; if it is determined that the preset external storage device is connected to the computer system, when the computer system executes the power-off procedure, backing up data of a predetermined segment of the storage device to the preset external storage device, and generating a back-up data, and then writing a specific data template to the predetermined segment for covering original data of the predetermined segment.