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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Wei Loon Ng, Singapore, SG;
Beng Wee Quak, Singapore, SG;
YongPeng Chng, Singapore, SG;
Wesley Wing Hung Chan, Singapore, SG;
Patrick Tai Heng Wong, Singapore, SG;
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Collateral Agent, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A disc drive includes a base and a disc rotatably attached to the base. The disc drive is formatted by obtaining a list of defective sector entries, determining a first location of selected information based on skipping the defective sectors within the list of defective sector entries, and calculating a second location for selected information. At least one sector to skip is added before the second location of selected information to move the selected information from the first position to the second position. The added sectors may be designated as defective sectors. By adding the at least one sector to skip, the second position of the information is moved or slipped.