Information processing apparatus and a control method

摘要

According to the present invention, illegal invasion (i.e., access to secret data) from an installed PC card of an information processing apparatus can be appropriately prevented. When an operating mode enters a security mode, a personal computer performs a pseudo operation as though a device were not installed therein, regardless of whether the device is actually installed. During the security mode, therefore, power is not supplied to the installed device so that it does not become active. During this mode, the information processing apparatus can not exchange data with the installed device.