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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Carl E. Bonke, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Daniel D. Reno, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Nathan J. Santee, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Carl E. Bonke, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Daniel D. Reno, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Nathan J. Santee, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive comprising a head actuated over a disk, and control circuitry operable to spin the disk at a first spin rate. The control circuitry is further operable to reduce the spin rate of the disk from the first spin rate to a second spin rate, wherein the second spin rate is based on a spin-up parameter associated with spinning up the disk from the second spin rate to the first spin rate. For example, the spin-up parameter may comprise one or more of a spin-up time limit, power setting, and ambient temperature.