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Method and apparatus for recording data on hard disk drive, and storage medium therefor

US7133231B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 2005
Grant dateNov 7, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/012
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of and an apparatus for recording data on a hard disk drive, and a storage medium containing a program for executing the method. Data is recorded on a track in a recording region and an address of a next track to be recorded with the data is determined so that the next track to be recorded with the data is located more than one track away from the previously recorded track so that the recorded data has robustness to adjacent track erasure and overwrite erasure.

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