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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Takao Aoki, Hanno, JP;
Yasuhiko Ichikawa, Fussa, JP;
Inventors:
Takao Aoki, Hanno, JP;
Yasuhiko Ichikawa, Fussa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a disk comprises an area which comprises a plurality of data tracks and is partitioned into a first segment and a plurality of second segments. A controller detects that a segment to be refreshed next is one of the plurality of second segments. The controller saves data stored in the one of the plurality of second segments into the first segment when a segment to be refreshed next is the one of the plurality of second segments.