Method of formatting a storage medium and drive unit for control

Details Method of formatting a storage medium and drive unit for control Method of formatting a storage medium and drive unit for control

1986-06-26

1989-08-29

Faber, Alan

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

General processing of a digital signal

Data in specific format

360 49, 369 59, G11B 509, G11B 7007

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048622958

ABSTRACT:
A method of formatting a storage medium into sectors format the sectors such that each contains an ID field for storing ID information. The ID information includes addresses of a plurality of sectors, preferably the address of the sector containing the ID field and the address of at least one subsequent sector. A drive unit for use with the storage medium formatted as described above reads the ID information from the ID field, and then temporarily stores either the ID information of a sector other than the sector containing the ID field or the result of an evaluation of the ID information, and refers to the stored ID information when the address of the sector corresponding to the stored information is later examined.

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