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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Nalin H. Chheda, Cerritos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Nalin H. Chheda, Cerritos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is disclosed for mapping a selected sector to a zone on a disk having a plurality of zones during the operations of a disk drive. The method includes receiving a sector address corresponding to the selected sector and calculating an average zone capacity for the disk. The method further includes approximating the zone for the selected sector from the calculated average zone capacity and the received sector address.