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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Jae-ki Hong, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Wan Jun, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Jae-Ki Hong, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Wan Jun, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a hard disk drive and an operation method thereof. A method of operating a hard disk drive according to the present invention may include (a) loading drive data required to drive the hard disk drive from a maintenance cylinder area contained in a disk to a memory; and (b) writing test data output from a head into a spare area contained in the maintenance cylinder area, wherein the steps (a) and (b) are carried out within a ready time.