Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.v.

Hgst Netherlands, B.v.

Jorge F Escobar

Andrei Khurshudov

Kris Victor Schouterden

Vedantham Raman

David H Jen

Thomas Nguyen

Steven Nowlen Guilliams

Scott McCoy

Annamica Bhan

Cleaning a recording head slider in-drive during operation is accomplished by periodically performing a series of full stroke seek operations, whereby liquid contaminants that may have migrated to the head slider are flung from the slider and liquid from the disk surface may be adsorbed onto the slider for removal by way of flinging. Consequently, head-disk spacing may be stabilized and data write operations improved. Furthermore, the series of full stroke seek operations may be performed at predetermined intervals, and for a predetermined period of time. However, the series may be interrupted by a client request, and continued thereafter, so as not to affect the operational status of the recording system.

Self-cleaning recording heads based on actuator seek profile

A method for increasing reliability of a hard disk drive (HDD) is disclosed. One of a plurality of magnetic read/write heads in a hard disk drive (HDD) is determined to be disabled, and a fly-height associated with the disabled read/write head is increased with respect to a fly-height associated with the plurality of read/write heads.

Adjusting a fly-height in hard disk drives

A method and program product supporting adjusting a temperature of a hard disk drive (HDD) during testing. An HDD test program is performed within a pre-determined optimal test temperature range. The HDD is kept within this pre-determined test temperature range by switching HDD operation modes back and forth between a higher heat generating Rapid Seek Mode and a lower heat generating IDLE mode. The HDD is thus kept within the optimal test temperature range without the use of external heating and/or cooling devices.

Drive temperature self-adjustment for temperature-sensitive measurements

A hard disk drive (HDD) capable of controlling its own internal temperature during testing. A test program embedded in the HDD is run only within a pre-determined optimal test temperature range. The internal temperature of the HDD is kept within this pre-determined test temperature range by switching HDD operation modes back and forth between a higher heat generating Rapid Seek Mode and a lower heat generating IDLE mode. The HDD is thus kept within the optimal test temperature range without the use of external heating and/or cooling devices.

Hard disk drive having drive temperature self-adjustment for temperature-sensitive measurements

A computer system that adjusts an internal temperature of a hard disk drive (HDD) during HDD testing. An HDD test program under the control of the computer system is performed within a pre-determined optimal test temperature range. The HDD is kept within this pre-determined test temperature range by the computer system switching HDD operation modes back and forth between a higher heat generating Rapid Seek Mode and a lower heat generating IDLE mode. The HDD is thus kept within the optimal test temperature range without the use of external heating and/or cooling devices.

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Jorge F Escobar