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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daijirou Okihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Taniyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 48 ;
Abstract
In a magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus applied to an external storage of computers, a recorded file can be searched easily. A recording track is helically formed on a magnetic tape to record file data, and management data are recorded at the beginning of the magnetic tape, and a search pattern is recorded on the recording track along the longitudinal direction at a location of the magnetic tape that corresponds to the management data of the beginning of the magnetic tape.