JP2000284997A - Back-up device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a portable notebook personal computer that does not require connection of a floppy (registered trademark) disk drive for starting an OS, and that only one of these is connected to perform backup and reinstallation. An object of the present invention is to provide a backup device that enables the backup device. A backup device according to the present invention can be written in a boot storage device that can be set as a boot device, a control device that is stored in the boot storage device and controls boot and backup of a computer, and a large-capacity storage medium. Data storage means 13. With this configuration, if this one is connected to a portable notebook personal computer, backup and reinstallation can be performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a backup device for saving backup data of a portable notebook personal computer and reinstalling the backup data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to perform a full backup of an OS and data on a built-in hard disk in a portable notebook personal computer, a large-capacity storage device and a floppy disk drive are connected as peripheral devices, and an OS started from a floppy disk is used. The control program was running. FIG. 5 shows a configuration for performing backup in a conventional portable notebook personal computer. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 10 denotes a built-in hard disk (built-in HDD) in the notebook computer, 51 denotes a large-capacity storage device, and a large-capacity storage medium 52 is inserted. Floppy disk drive 53 has OS5
4 and a floppy disk 56 storing a control program 55 are inserted.

In the conventional backup apparatus configured as described above, the backup is started by the OS 54 stored in the floppy disk 56, and the control program 55 is used to transfer the data on the internal hard disk to the large capacity storage in the large capacity storage device 51. It was backed up to the storage medium 52.

[0004]

However, in the case of a backup device for a conventional portable notebook personal computer, backup and reinstallation cannot be performed unless an external large-capacity storage device and a floppy disk drive are connected. Had the problem of having to carry both.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a backup device that can be backed up and reinstalled by connecting one backup device to a portable notebook personal computer.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a backup apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a boot storage device which can be set as a boot device; , And data storage means that can be written to a large-capacity storage medium. With the above configuration,
If one backup device is connected, backup and re-installation can be performed.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention controls a start-up storage means recognized by a computer as a start-up device, and controls start-up and backup of the computer stored in the start-up storage means. A backup device comprising a control means and a data storage means capable of writing data to a large-capacity storage medium. When this one is connected to a portable notebook personal computer, backup and reinstallation can be performed. It has the effect that it becomes possible to do so. The boot storage means can be set as a boot device by being connected to the personal computer so as to be seen as a CD-ROM drive in which a bootable CD-ROM is inserted.

[0008] The invention described in claim 2 is the first invention.
The backup device according to the above, characterized in that the backup device is provided with a start determination control means capable of setting whether or not the computer is recognized as a boot device, and the backup is not performed Can be used as a normal large-capacity storage device, and has the effect of preventing data deletion due to erroneous operation. The start-up determination control means separates the start-up storage means from the computer by a dip switch or the like, so that whether or not it is recognized as a start-up device from the computer is independent of the setting on the computer main body side.
To set.

[0009] The invention described in claim 3 is the first invention.
3. The backup device according to claim 2, further comprising an automatic start unit that starts backup if the backup data is not stored in the inserted mass storage medium, and starts reinstallation if the backup data is stored. A backup device characterized by the following features: in combination with a timer function on the computer side, the automatic execution of backup is enabled, and the operation of automatically determining whether to perform backup or reinstallation is automatically performed. Have. The automatic start unit checks the inserted file on the large-capacity storage medium, and starts backup if a backup data file having a specific file format is not stored.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the backup device according to the first, second, or third aspect, the backup device is compatible with a CD-ROM drive or a large-capacity storage drive that can be built in a computer main body. This backup device is provided with a certain connection means, and has an effect of being built in a portable notebook personal computer.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the backup device according to the first, second, third or fourth aspect, at the time of backup, a unique ID of a connected computer is read. The backup device is characterized in that it is provided with data registration management means for comparing the unique ID embedded in the data with the ID of the computer at the time of re-installation and embedding in the backup data. By calling the model ID reading routine on the BIOS, the unique ID of the connected computer is read and embedded in the backup data at the time of backup, and the computer has the unique ID embedded in the data at the time of reinstallation Manage backup data from multiple computers simultaneously and connect An effect that can properly reinstalled data corresponding to a computer.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a backup apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a processing procedure when a backup is performed by the backup apparatus according to the embodiment. It is a flowchart. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a built-in hard disk (built-in HDD) of a portable notebook personal computer. The control means 12 writes data on the internal hard disk 10 of the portable notebook personal computer to the large-capacity storage medium 14 inserted in the data storage means 13 and backs up the data.

The processing procedure at the time of backup will be described with reference to FIG.

Step 21: The user connects the backup device to the portable notebook personal computer and turns on the personal computer.
I do.

Step 22: When the BIOS of the personal computer is in the backup device and the CD-ROM with the bootable CD-ROM inserted
The start-up storage unit 11 connected so as to be seen as a ROM drive is recognized as a start-up device, and the control unit 1
2 is activated.

Step 23: The control means 12 instructs the user to insert the mass storage medium 14 into the data storage means 13.

Step 24: When the mass storage medium 14 is inserted, the control means 12 instructs the user to select to start backup or reinstallation.

Step 25: If the backup is selected, the data on the internal hard disk 10 of the portable notebook personal computer is backed up to the mass storage medium 14.

Step 26: If re-installation is selected, the backup data stored in the large-capacity storage medium 14 is reinstalled on the internal hard disk 10 of the portable notebook personal computer.

As described above, according to the backup device of the present embodiment, the backup device can be backed up and reinstalled by connecting one backup device of the present invention to a portable notebook personal computer. Can be provided.

(Embodiment 2) In Embodiment 2, the model
An apparatus for automatically backing up data of a plurality of portable notebook personal computers using an ID will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the backup device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a mass storage device 61 of the backup device used in the embodiment. It is a data structure diagram at the time of storing data.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 41 denotes a backup ID,
2 is the number of backups, 43 is the model ID, 44 is the date, 45
Is a storage address, and 46 is a storage size. The backup ID 41 indicates that the storage medium stored in the storage device is dedicated to the backup device. The number of backups 42 indicates the number of models that are backed up. The data from the model ID 43 to the storage size 46 is assumed to exist for each model, and in this embodiment, it is assumed that there are as many as the number of backups 42. Also, 47
Is a data storage location where actual backed up data is stored, and the size of each model has a variable area. The operation will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Data backup) Step 31: A model ID is obtained from the notebook computer.

Step 32: It is checked whether there is data of the same model ID (in FIG. 4, it is searched whether there is the same model ID by the number of backups 42). If there is the same model ID, the process proceeds to step 34; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 33.

Step 33: Secure a new storage location
The information on the secured area is added as one set of the storage size 46 from the model ID 43 in FIG. 4 and the number of backups is increased by one (in the example of FIG. 4, the number of backups is “5”, and the model ID “CF-XX”). ", Date" 1999/3 /
2, storage address "6356", storage size "14"
0 "is stored. Although omitted in this example,
There are a total of five pieces of data from the model ID 43 to the storage size 46. ). Next, the data is backed up to the actual data storage location 47.

Step 34: If there is data with the same model ID, the date 44 and the storage size 46 are changed, and the data is backed up in the data storage location 47.

(Data Reinstallation) Step 35: Acquire the model ID from the notebook computer.

Step 36: A search is made for a storage location containing the corresponding model ID obtained from the personal computer from the storage medium.

Step 37: The data for the corresponding model is stored from the data storage location 47 into the internal HDD 10 of the notebook personal computer.
To reinstall.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a backup device which can be backed up and reinstalled by connecting one backup device of the present invention to a portable notebook personal computer. .

According to the present invention, since the unique ID of the computer to be backed up is stored and managed, the backup data of a plurality of computers is simultaneously managed and the data corresponding to the connected computer is properly reinstalled. A backup device capable of performing the above.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a backup device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control flow when backing up data of a portable notebook personal computer by the backup device according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a backup device according to a second embodiment,
Flow chart showing the flow of control when backing up and re-installing data on a portable laptop computer

FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram when data is stored in a large-capacity storage device in a backup device according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional backup device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Hard disk built into a portable notebook personal computer 11 Start-up storage means 12 Control means 13 Data storage means 14 Large-capacity storage medium

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A start-up storage means recognized by a computer as a start-up device, a control means for controlling start-up and backup of the computer stored in the start-up storage means, and a data which can be written to a large-capacity storage medium. A backup device comprising storage means. 2. The backup apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a start determination control means capable of setting whether or not the computer recognizes the device as a start device. 3. An automatic start means for starting backup if the backup data is not stored in the inserted large-capacity storage medium, and starting reinstallation if the backup data is stored. The backup device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The backup device according to claim 1, further comprising a connection means compatible with a CD-ROM drive or a large-capacity storage drive which can be built in the computer main body. 5. A unique ID of a connected computer is read at the time of backup and embedded in backup data, and at the time of reinstallation, the unique ID embedded in the data is read.
5. The backup device according to claim 1, further comprising data registration management means for comparing the ID with an ID of the computer. 6. A start-up storage step recognized by a computer as a start-up device, a control step for controlling start-up and backup of the computer stored in the start-up storage step, and data that can be written to a large-capacity storage medium. Backup method, comprising: