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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
Chun Sei Tsai, Tustin, CA (US);
William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Sang Huynh, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Anthony L. Pei, Irvine, CA (US);
Kenneth J. D'souza, Irivne, CA (US);
Chun Sei Tsai, Tustin, CA (US);
William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Sang Huynh, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Anthony L. Pei, Irvine, CA (US);
Kenneth J. D'Souza, Irivne, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
The application discloses systems that can include a monitoring module that is operative to provide an event indicator of an event occurring on a hard-disk drive. The systems can include a recording module that is operative to create an event record based on a logging instruction to log the event indicator. The systems can include an event linkage module that is operative to link the event record to a hard-disk drive activity indicator. The systems can include an error log formatting module that is operative to format the event record and a hard-disk drive activity indicator into a hard-disk drive error log. The systems can include a configuration module to set configuration flags and/or values. The error log can be stored on various areas of the hard-disk drive. The application also discloses related methods.