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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Ravi Adapathya, Cary, NC (US);
Ratan Ray, Cary, NC (US);
Susumu Shimotono, Hadano, JP;
Aaron Michael Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ravi Adapathya, Cary, NC (US);
Ratan Ray, Cary, NC (US);
Susumu Shimotono, Hadano, JP;
Aaron Michael Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method and system for overriding a hard drive Active Protection System (APS). APS automatically parks a read/write head and locks the platters in a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) in a notebook computer in response to a physical shock, such as when the computer is dropped from the user's lap or during intense vibration caused by air turbulence during a passenger flight. Rather than permanently disabling the APS off, the present invention permits a convenient method and system for temporarily suspending the operations of the APS, thus allowing the user to still access the HDD in conditions in which motion occurs yet physical shock is not necessarily imminent.