According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an interface unit that receives a storing request for storing a plurality of files onto a plurality of removable storages; and a processing unit that performs a storing process in response to the storing request received by the interface unit, the storing process including storing a subset of the plurality of files and additional information onto at least one of the plurality of removable storages, wherein the additional information includes: file catalog information that indicates a file catalog of the plurality of files that is to be stored onto the plurality of removable storages other than the one of the plurality of removable storages; and correspondence information that indicates correspondences of each of the plurality of files with a corresponding removable storage that stores the each of the plurality of files.