The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2003
Michael Joseph Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Joseph Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for preparing a disk drive of a computing system for test, including the steps of recording a plurality of test files to a partition of the disk drive until a free space of the partition is less than a predetermined value; and thereafter deleting a portion of the plurality of test files from the partition. A computer program product including a computer readable medium carrying a program for preparing a disk drive of a computing system for test, the computer program product having code for recording a plurality of test files to a partition of the disk drive until a free space of the partition is less than a predetermined value; and code for deleting a portion of the plurality of test files from the partition.