Hard drive protection override
US7161758B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/59694
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for overriding a hard drive Active Protection System (APS). APS automatically parks a read/write head and locks the platters in a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) in a notebook computer in response to a physical shock, such as when the computer is dropped from the user's lap or during intense vibration caused by air turbulence during a passenger flight. Rather than permanently disabling the APS off, the present invention permits a convenient method and system for temporarily suspending the operations of the APS, thus allowing the user to still access the HDD in conditions in which motion occurs yet physical shock is not necessarily imminent.
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