Method for operating a disk drive during boot process at a slow rate of rotation less than a fast rotation rate for reading non-boot data
US6968451B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 2, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0634
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When a system boot procedure is initiated in a computer having a disk drive including one or more disks, the one or more disks are rotated at a first, slow rate while boot data are read from the disk drive. Thereafter, while non-boot data are read from the disk drive, the disks are rotated at a second, fast operational rate.
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