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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Christopher P. Karr, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Theodore E. Deffenbaugh, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Todd D. Yogi, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Christopher P. Karr, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Theodore E. Deffenbaugh, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Todd D. Yogi, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of aligning a partition of a data storage device to a boundary of a physical data sector is disclosed. The data storage device comprises a non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of physical data sectors, wherein each physical data sector comprises a plurality of logical data sectors. A partition map is read from the non-volatile memory, wherein the partition map identifies a partition comprising a number of logical data sectors. A number of logical data sectors in each physical data sector is determined. Whether at least part of the partition aligns with a boundary of a physical data sector is determined. When at least part of the partition does not align with a boundary of a physical data sector, at least part of the partition is moved to align at least part of the partition to a boundary of a physical data sector.