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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1995
Yukinori Okazaki, Hirakata, JP;
Yoshimitsu Nakamura, Neyagawa, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A random data recording area and a serial data recording area are placed in a radial direction on the same surface of a zoned constant angular velocity disk. The random data recording area is located at an inner circumference of the disk, while the serial data recording area is located at an outer circumference of the disk. The random data recording area consists of a rewritable random data recording area and a read-only random data recording area, wherein the read-only random data recording area is placed at an inner circumference of the disk. The serial data recording area consists of a rewritable serial data recording area and a read-only serial data recording area, wherein the read-only serial data recording area is placed at an outer circumference of the disk.