An information device for speeding up relatively simple processing such as data
reference with respect to an information device such as a personal computer, and
an information electric home appliance, a control method of the information device,
and a storage medium storing a control program. The information device including
interface sections 3-1 through 3-n, an input/output
device 4, a memory 5, a magnetic disk device (HDD) 6, a display
7 and an audio section 8 connected each other via a processor (CPU)
1 and a chipset 2, the information device having a configuration
in which a normal operation mode that executes information processing by making
entire functions usable and an exclusive operational mode that executes processing
such as data reference by making only a part of functions such as data reference
usable is selected in accordance with start-up conditions from either a power-off
state or a suspend state.
