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Disk having read-only and read-write areas

US6163521A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 13, 1998
Grant dateDec 19, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2562
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk of the present invention includes a first storage area for reproducing data and a second storage area for recording and reproducing data, the number of sectors in each track in the first and second storage areas close to each other is larger in the first storage area than in the second storage area, and leading edges of sectors in each track in the first storage area are aligned in at least one line in a radius direction.

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