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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2001
Ara Patapoutian, Westborough, MA (US);
Michael Mallary, Berlin, MA (US);
Michael Leis, Farmington, MA (US);
Steven Lambert, San Jose, CA (US);
Ara Patapoutian, Westborough, MA (US);
Michael Mallary, Berlin, MA (US);
Michael Leis, Farmington, MA (US);
Steven Lambert, San Jose, CA (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for increasing the data storage capacity of a data storage devicehaving media surfaces. One or more of a linear density of data, a track density of data, or an error code level of data, is selected for a portionof a media surface. Data is recorded on the portionof the media surfaceat the selected linear density, track density, or error code level. Thereafter, the recorded data is read and an error rate of the recorded data is derived, directly or indirectly. The derived error rate is compared to an acceptable error rate, and if the derived error rate is greater than the acceptable error rate, the previous steps are repeated for another linear density, track density, or error code level, until the derived error rate is less than or equal to the acceptable error rate, to provide a recordable linear density, track density, or error code level of data for the media surface