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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Walter Allen, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert Alan Reid, Superior, CO (US);
Inventors:
Walter Allen, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert Alan Reid, Superior, CO (US);
Assignee:
AGERE Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/1833 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1826 (2013.01); G11B 2220/2516 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing a disk drive media defect table or list. Defect table entries for a subject disk track are stored on the subject track and retrieved for determining defective sectors only when the subject track is accessed for a data read or write operation.