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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideki Ohzeki, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kibashi, Zama, JP;
Hiromi Nishimiya, Sagamihara, JP;
Takahiro Saitoh, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 53 ; 369 53 ;
Abstract
A storage device is described which has a plurality of different error recovery routines which are are divided into groups. When an error occurs, specific routines are selected from the groups in accordance with the error type. The selected routines are executed in order. By preferentially executing the selected routines corresponding to the error type, the error recovery rate in the early stages of the error recovery procedure is enhanced.