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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Karl Arthur Flechsig, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Donald Ray Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Shozo Saegusa, Chiyoda-machi, JP;
Reinhard F. Wolter, Saratoga, CA (US);
Karl Arthur Flechsig, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Donald Ray Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Shozo Saegusa, Chiyoda-machi, JP;
Reinhard F. Wolter, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A system and method for loading a head onto a specified load zone of a disk includes reading positional index information for determining a position of a pre-specified load zone of a disk. When to load a head is determined based on the positional index information so that the head will load onto the load zone, the load zone having an arc of less than 360 degrees. The head is loaded from a ramp onto the load zone at the proper time.