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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Hideo Asahara, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Asahara, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is described where restoration of unnecessary data is prevented, and a storage area of the image forming apparatus is effectively utilized. When an option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is selected, data backed up by a backup unit is set as data to be restored by a restore unit. When the option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is not selected, data indicated by data identification information as being required data is set as data to be restored by the restore unit from among the data backed up by the backup unit.
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