A multifunctional device extracts identification information items from
received device-cloning file data items and determines whether a data
restoration process is a backup process or a cloning process based on
whether or not a serial number in the identification information items is
identical with a serial number in a multifunctional device having
received the device-cloning file data items. In the backup process,
specific information items and general information items are restored. In
the cloning process, only general information items are restored.