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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Method of managing defects in hard disk drive, recording media therefor and hard disk drive therefor
Applicant:
Seok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Seok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of managing defects in a hard disk drive, and more particularly, a method of managing defects in a hard disk drive in a case where a position of defects on a disk is known in advance. A data zone is allocated to predetermined tracks around tracks including defects known in advance, and the data zone is managed for defects.