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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joey M. Poss, Rochester, MN (US);
Naoto Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Phillip S. Haralson, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/54 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/6011 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a magnetic media. A write operation is executed to a first data sector by writing to at least part of a defective data sector preceding the first data sector in order to achieve a target fly height of the head prior to writing to the first data sector.