Maxtor Corporation

Sandisk Technologies Inc.

David Jeppson

Richard M Ehrlich

Yu Sun

Joseph Robert Meza

In-Soo Yoon

Dwight Russell Kinney

Jong Ming Lin

William Thanos

Hyuk-il Kwon

Kenji Oki

A method for avoiding refreshing a database of metadata associated with digital media content is disclosed. In one embodiment, a digital media player storing a database of metadata associated with digital media content determines whether a removable memory device was connected with the digital media player while the digital media player was powered down. The digital media player refreshes the database only if it is determined that the removable memory device was connected with the digital media player while the digital media player was powered down. In another embodiment, the digital media player determines whether the digital media content stored on the removable memory device changed since the database was last updated. The digital media player refreshes the database if it is determined that the digital media content stored on the removable memory device changed since the database was last updated.

Method for avoiding refreshing a database of metadata associated with digital media content

Methods, servo controllers, disk drives, and computer program products are provided for adapting compensation for repeatable runout (RRO) of sectors of a disk in a disk drive. RRO of a plurality of sectors of the disk is compensated. A status of whether the RRO compensation has been adapted is tracked for at least some of the sectors of the disk, and corresponding records are formed based on the statuses. The RRO compensation of the tracked sectors is selectively adapted or not adapted based on the records.

Adapting compensation for repeatable runout of sectors based on tracked sector adaptation status

A method for servowriting a magnetic hard disk drive includes servowriting a first servo burst pattern by using a servowriter coupled to a head-disk assembly within a clean room environment, self-writing at least a second servo burst pattern radially offset relative to the first burst pattern by reading the first burst pattern without using the servowriter, and self-writing a final burst pattern by using the first burst pattern and the second burst pattern without using the servowriter. One or more intermediate burst patterns may be provided to accommodate writer/reader offset of dual element read heads in order to produce final product servo burst patterns. A disk drive having embedded servo sectors each including an untrimmed six-burst final servo pattern is also disclosed. The disk drive self-writes at least some of the final servo pattern.

Hard disk drive having self-written servo burst patterns

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David Jeppson