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Failure recovering method and recording apparatus

US7506224B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 18, 2006
Grant dateMar 17, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2005/001
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A bad sector is detected by activating a bad sector detecting function of a recording apparatus at a predetermined interval. The bad sector is recovered, when the bad sector is detected at the detecting, by overwriting data on the bad sector with a duplication of the data, and when overwriting fails, by writing the duplication of the data on other sector.

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