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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Marc A. Bombet, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marc A. Bombet, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed including a disk having a plurality of tracks, and a head actuated over the disk. A refresh monitor is maintained for refreshing data stored on the disk. A need for a refresh operation is detected when the refresh monitor exceeds a first threshold, wherein the refresh operation is deferred based on an environmental condition.