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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuhiro Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekazu Masuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hironori Kanno, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Kuribayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/1217 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1241 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information recording device includes a recording medium that includes a data area, and a controller that controls recording of data on the recording medium, wherein in response to a request for execution of formatting of the data area of the recording medium, the controller does not record data for the formatting in the data area and records format information about the formatting in a nonvolatile recording area that is different from the data area.