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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Hui Su, Longmont, CO (US);
Gregory P. Moller, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventors:
Hui Su, Longmont, CO (US);
Gregory P. Moller, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for reducing growth errors in disc drive. First, a number of sectors to be read is determined. Data is then read from all sectors of the number of sectors on a disc during a first disc revolution. Next, error sectors having a number of errors above a predetermined threshold are identified. The error sectors are then corrected and written to the disc during a second disc revolution. In addition, a disc drive having a controller for implementing the above method is provided.