Other features and advantages will be apparent from the following description of some non-limiting exemplary embodiments, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary architecture of a data storage device for implementing one or more embodiments of the proposed method;

FIG. 2 illustrates a partitioning of a memory of a data storage device for implementing one or more embodiments of the proposed method; and

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the proposed method according to one or more embodiments.

In the following detailed description of some embodiments of the invention, many specific details are presented in order to enable a more complete understanding. However, those skilled in the art can see that some embodiments can be implemented without these specific details. In other cases, well-known features are not described in detail in order to avoid unnecessarily complicating this description. The proposed method can be implemented by any type of data storage device, for example a removable storage medium or a data storage peripheral such as a portable hard drive, a USB key, or an SD (Secure Digital) card.

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an example of a data storage device 1 configured for implementing the proposed control method in one or more embodiments.