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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2009
Applicant:
Hiromi Nishimiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiromi Nishimiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for an error recovery process in a disk-drive device. The method includes starting the error recovery process in response to an error which has occurred in a process corresponding to a command from a host to access a disk. The method also includes receiving a new read command from the host during the error recovery process. In addition, the method includes interrupting the error recovery process in accordance with preset conditions and reading out data from the disk at an address designated by the read command. Furthermore, the method includes transferring the read-out data to the host.