System and method for hiding P-list entries for a disk from an i

Details System and method for hiding P-list entries for a disk from an i System and method for hiding P-list entries for a disk from an i

1993-11-17

1997-07-08

Huber, P. W.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Condition indicating, monitoring, or testing

Including radiation storage or retrieval

369 47, G11B 509

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056469233

ABSTRACT:
A disk drive provides a defect list for each recording surface itemizing selected areas of recording surface by location, size and graded by an expected abnormal error rate. The defect list is utilized upon formatting of a recording surface to rate sectors as available or unavailable depending upon a map of data types to be written to the sectors and alignment of the map to the defects.

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