Pre-formatting of a storage media having fixed-size partitions

Details Pre-formatting of a storage media having fixed-size partitions Pre-formatting of a storage media having fixed-size partitions

1996-03-12

1998-01-20

Psitos, Aristotelis M.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Automatic control of a recorder mechanism

Controlling the record

360 722, 360 723, 360 742, 360 49, 360 7802, 395404, 395438, G11B 1518

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057106762

ABSTRACT:
A storage media for linear, serpentine recording is pre-formatted for data storage operations by recording partition format information in a single pass along the length of the storage media by recording partition format information for all storage media tracks at regular partition intervals defined by index locations alternately in both storage media directions before moving the storage media to the next partition interval. At each index location, partition markers are recorded in successive parallel tracks first in one media direction and then the other until markers are recorded across the entire width of the storage media. The steps of moving to a next partition index location, recording partition information in successive parallel tracks in first one direction and then the other, and moving to a next index location one partition length away, are repeated until all partitions of the storage media are pre-formatted.

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