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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2024
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Tsuyoshi Miyamura, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Abe, Ebina, JP;
Tohru Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsuke Mitsuma, Machida, JP;
Hiroshi Itagaki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24094 (2013.01); G11B 7/24009 (2013.01); G11B 7/24 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24094 (2013.01); G11B 7/24009 (2013.01); G11B 2007/240017 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one general embodiment, a method includes partitioning a magnetic recording tape having a plurality of data bands. The partitioning includes assigning no more than two wraps of a first of the data bands to an index partition, the two wraps being at an end of wraps of the first data band, and assigning all other wraps of the first data band to a data partition. No guard wraps between the index partition and the data partition are assigned.