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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Antonia Tsoukatos, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Tim Rausch, Farmington, MN (US);
Mehmet Fatih Erden, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Benjamin W Parish, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Prasanna Manja Ramakrishna, Aurora, CO (US);
John D Reinhardt, Berthoud, CO (US);
Morovat Bryan Tayefeh, Longmont, CO (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for scanning for flaws on a magnetic recording medium is disclosed. The magnetic recording medium has a first set of nonconsecutive data tracks and a second set of nonconsecutive data tracks. The method includes writing a test pattern to only the first set of nonconsecutive data tracks of the magnetic recording medium, reading of the test pattern written to the first set of nonconsecutive data tracks, and identifying flaws within the first set of nonconsecutive data tracks and the second set of nonconsecutive data tracks based on the reading the test pattern.