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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew Dallmann, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A method of block formatting a first data storage medium in or to be added to an array of data storage media to a desired block format is provided comprising the steps of sensing a current block format of the first data storage medium that is different from the desired block format, flagging the first data storage medium with the current block format different from the desired block format, and block formatting the flagged data storage media, wherein at least one of the step of sensing a current block format and the step of block formatting the flagged data storage media is based on a criteria.