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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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chad Adams, Roy, UT (US);
Eric Ryon Peters, Roy, UT (US);
Robert L. Short, Niwot, CO (US);
Mark Reimann, Layton, UT (US);
Daniel D. Rochat, Ogden, UT (US);
Assignee:
Iomega Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/736 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/736 ;
Abstract
A disk is manufactured having a reduced capacity based on a quantity of addressable and non-addressable portions. The method of formatting the disk comprises identifying a first quantity of the storage portions; and labeling the first quantity of storage portions as non-addressable storage portions such that the non-addressable storage portions cannot be accessed by a user or a disk drive. The first quantity of storage portions may include addressable portions designated as non-addressable portions.