An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of hardware resources and operates on a first power supply. The apparatus includes a non-volatile first storage unit that holds first fault information on a fault developed in one or more of the hardware resources even when the first power supply is shut down, a volatile second storage unit that holds second fault information different from the first fault information and is adapted not to hold the second fault information when the first power supply is shut down, a hardware monitoring unit that acquires component information of the plurality of the hardware resources mounted in the information processing apparatus and a system control unit that makes a fault information management unit restore the second fault information held in the second storage unit based on the component information and the first fault information stored in the first storage unit.