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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1996
Hiroshi Tsurumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuichi Hashimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A high-density disk unit and disk medium are disclosed. Track ID information is not placed in a servo area, or if some track ID information is placed therein, a necessary minimum is placed. The servo area is thus reduced in order to improve formatting efficiency. A data side of a disk medium is divided into a servo area and a data area in units of a sector. A track ID area in which track information is recorded is defined at the start position of the data area immediately following the servo area. A formatter circuit allows a write data modulation circuit to write track information in the track ID area during track formatting. For writing in the data area, the formatter circuit allows a read data demodulation circuit to read data from the track ID area. Track information is thus detected, and writing tracking is assured.