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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2004
Dwayne A. Edling, Longmont, CO (US);
Charles Klomp, Boulder, CO (US);
Dwayne A. Edling, Longmont, CO (US);
Charles Klomp, Boulder, CO (US);
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for storing data on a tape medium and coping with defective regions on the tape medium are provided. The method includes: writing a plurality of envelopes of data onto the tape medium, each envelope of data comprising a plurality of blocks of data; detecting a defective region of the tape medium; writing a boundary start field after the defective region, the boundary start field indicating that the defective region has been passed; and writing a boundary end field before the defective region of the tape medium, the boundary end field indicating that the defective region follows the boundary end field.