Media defect removal in disk drive head testing

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2007-11-19

2010-12-07

Olson, Jason C (Department: 2627)

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Monitoring or testing the progress of recording

C360S025000, C324S212000

Reexamination Certificate

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07848037

ABSTRACT:
A method for testing a hard disk drive is described. The method includes determining a number of defects associated with a portion of recordable media associated with a hard disk drive. The method further includes comparing the number of determined defects to a threshold number of defects and provided the number of determined defects is greater than the threshold number of defects, determining that the portion of the disk comprises disk defects.

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