Method for mapping around defective sectors in a disc drive

Details Method for mapping around defective sectors in a disc drive Method for mapping around defective sectors in a disc drive

1988-05-23

1990-05-08

Canney, Vincent P.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Automatic control of a recorder mechanism

Controlling the record

360 49, G11B 1518, G11B 509

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049243314

ABSTRACT:
The defect list, as supplied by the manufacturer, is stored on the outer tracks of the disk. It is merged with the user supplied media defect list during formatting and used to flag defective sectors. During initialization the merged defect list is loaded into a section of dynamic memory so that it is accessible during seeking of a particular address.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4214280 (1980-07-01), Halfhill et al.

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