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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2006
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 magnetic storage system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic disk having a load zone and a data area; at least one head for reading from and writing to the magnetic disk; and a slider for supporting the head. The load zone is created by: creating a load zone marker on the disk, the load zone marker indicating a position of a load zone of the disk; reading the load zone marker for determining a position of the load zone on the disk; and storing the position of the load zone. The head is loaded on the load zone during subsequent load operations. Methods are also presented.