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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2004
David Rewerts, Longmont, CO (US);
Bruce Liikanen, Berthoud, CO (US);
John Vanlaanen, Louisville, CO (US);
David Rewerts, Longmont, CO (US);
Bruce Liikanen, Berthoud, CO (US);
John VanLaanen, Louisville, CO (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk surface has a keep-out region and a certified region. A transducer associated with the disk surface writes servo information in the keep-out region under control of a servo track writer. The transducer then writes data in a temporary utility zone in the keep-out region. Next, a self-servo write operation uses data in the temporary utility zone to write servo information in the certified region. Thereafter, data is transferred from the temporary utility zone to a final utility zone in the certified region.