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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Toda, Kawasaki, JP;
Michio Yamamoto, Inagi, JP;
Masakazu Kitahara, Kunitachi, JP;
Masataka Shitara, Machida, JP;
Takumi Kakuya, Ebina, JP;
Kiyotaka Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Isao Fujita, Yokohama, JP;
Satoru Adachi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Inoue, Kamakura, JP;
Nobuhiro Sugawara, Yokohama, JP;
Hironori Kanno, Fussa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a read/write apparatus includes a receiver and a refresh module. The receiver receives a write command requesting a write to a magnetic disk. The refresh module refreshes, when a first area of the magnetic disk includes a second area corresponding to the write command, data written in a third area, the third area being an area obtained by excluding the second area from the first area.