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Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, program and storage medium

US9852746B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 2015
Grant dateDec 26, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2020/1292
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, for recording data in a magnetic storage medium by a shingled magnetic recording, and a method of controlling this, when a rewrite of data stored in the magnetic storage medium is instructed, copy data of a zone in which rewrite target data is stored other than the rewrite target data into a vacant zone of the magnetic storage medium; store, to the vacant zone into which the data is copied, the rewrite target data, delete by overwriting an entirety of the zone in which the rewrite target data is stored with predetermined data, and register the overwritten zone as an unused area.

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