Compensation of disk spinup errors in a disk drive

Details Compensation of disk spinup errors in a disk drive Compensation of disk spinup errors in a disk drive

2005-05-10

2005-05-10

Tran, Sinh (Department: 2651)

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Automatic control of a recorder mechanism

Controlling the record

C360S069000, C713S300000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06891691

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are a system, a method, and a computer program product to disable the power-saving sleep mode of a disk drive if the drive detects an error at spinup that is a result of the read/write head sticking to the disk surface. The power saving sleep mode is avoided to prevent further spinup problems.

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