Samsung patents boot mode that hides most storage for logs

1. An electronic device comprising: memory including one or more storage media storing instructions; and at least one processor including processing circuitry, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: identify a user input while the electronic device is operating in a normal mode wherein, in the normal mode of the electronic device, each of a plurality of storage areas of the memory is associated with a corresponding directory name based on a first mounting operation such that each of the plurality of storage areas of the memory is accessible by using the corresponding directory name; in response to the identified user input, turn off the electronic device to cause the directory names to be disassociated from the corresponding storage areas, and turn on the electronic device to boot the electronic device to a maintenance mode, and while the electronic device is being booted to the maintenance mode: identify a portion of the plurality of storage areas in which log information is to be stored; perform a second mounting operation, different from the first mounting operation, to associate a portion of the directory names with the identified portion of the storage areas, wherein remaining portions of the directory names are not associated with remaining portions of the storage areas such that the remaining portions of the storage areas are not accessible by using the corresponding directory name; and store, in the identified portion of the storage areas, log information that corresponds to at least one of (i) at least one of an execution history of software applications, an error history, or an interrupt history occurred in the electronic device when the electronic device was operated in the normal mode, or (ii) an event history occurred in the electronic device when the electronic device was operated in the normal mode.