摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To disable access to the data of an HDD when the HDD is connected to the other image forming device. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming device 2 is connected to a personal computer 1 as a host device via a network and has an HDD 14 to accumulate data and has an HDD model sensing means 16 to sense the use of the HDD 14 used in the other model. The image forming device is equipped with an HDD initialization means 15 to erase the data of the HDD 14 and initialize the data when the HDD 14 used is the one used in the other model. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |