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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tim Rausch, Farmington, MN (US);
Minjie Ma, Bloomington, MN (US);
Steven Granz, Shakopee, MN (US);
Kaizhong Gao, North Oaks, MN (US);
Wenzhong Zhu, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Edward C. Gage, Lakeville, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage device includes a storage controller configured to write a band of data tracks using a first recording method until criterion is met. The first method may be a conventional recording method. After the criterion is met, the storage controller is configured to write data to the band using a second recording method. The second recording method may be an enhanced capacity recording method such as interlaced magnetic recording (IMR) or shingled magnetic recording (SMR).